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"Dear me, hinny!" said he, "I wonder that ye should be sae apprehensive. There is nae secret between yer mother an' me that isna weel-kenned to every ane in the country-side. But just ye hae patience bide a wee wait only till the morn; and, when I come to lead ye afore the minister, I'll tell ye a'thing then." "An' wherefore no tell me the noo, Florence?" said she.
"Ashamed that sin nae longer besets ye, an' that ye are lifted above the thief an' the cutpurse! Master Bonnet, Master Bonnet, in good truth I am ashamed o' ye." "Very well," said the captain of the Belinda, "I have no time to waste; if you will not go to her, she e'en must come to you. I will send my boat for her and the others, and you shall wait for them here."
But I should have nae objection to be a general, and to fight the French and Americans, and win myself a name and a fame like Willie Wallace, and do brave deeds, such as I have been reading about in his story book. Myself. Ye are a fule, Davie; the story book is full of lies. Wallace, indeed! the wuddie rebel!
"This is a strong injunction This Benjamin Butler was your grandfather, I suppose? You seem too young to have been his daughter." "He was nae akin to me, sir he was grandfather to ane to a neighbour's son to a sincere weel-wisher of mine, sir," dropping her little courtesy as she spoke. "O, I understand," said the Duke "a true-love affair. He was the grandsire of one you are engaged to?"
Next the cup and saucer were placed on the table, then followed the bread and butter, and the sugar and the milk; all being finished by the words to herself, "There's nae egg in the house." Having thus finished her work, she took down her plaid, adjusted it carefully, opened the door, and departed.
"Any time, sir?" says the medical gentleman. "It's probable he wull have been dead aboot three hours." "About that time, I should say," observes a dark young man on the other side of the bed. "Air you in the maydickle prayfession yourself, sir?" inquires the first. The dark young man says yes. "Then I'll just tak' my depairture," replies the other, "for I'm nae gude here!"
Nae chick can find a grain o' corn, but oot he rins cackling wi' the shell on his head, to tell it to a' the warld, as if there was never barley grown on the face o' the earth before. I wonder whether Isaiah began to write before his beard was grown, or Dawvid either?
'The young lady, said Fergus, 'should such an event happen, will have other matters to think of than these wretched louis d'or. 'True undeniable there 's nae doubt o' that; but your honour kens that a full sorrow' 'Is endurable by most folk more easily than a hungry one?
Geordie was quite unmoved, but hastened to assure Abe that he meant no disrespect to his mother, who he had 'nae doot was a clever enough buddie, tae judge by her son. Abe was speedily appeased, and offered to set up the drinks all round.
There's nae mair fear o' Hazlewood House than there's o' Cruffel Fell. And she vanished with her usual celerity of pace. It would seem that the appearance of this female, and the mixture of frenzy and enthusiasm in her manner, seldom failed to produce the strongest impression upon those whom she addressed.
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