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And tell him he maunna think nae mair o' the way I spak' till him, for I was troubled i' my min', and I'm an ill-nater'd man." "I'll tell him a' that ye say," answered Annie, "as weel's I can min' 't; and I s' warran' I s' no forget muckle o' 't. Wad ye like me to come back the nicht and tell ye what he says?" "Na, na, lassie. It'll be nearhan' time for ye to gang to yer bed.
"Brawly, my lord; there's naething muckle the maitter wi' hit or me aither, noo 'at we're up. But I was jist nearhan' deid o' ower muckle bed." "Had n't you better come down out of that cockloft?" said the marquis, dropping his eyes. "Na, my lord; I dinna care aboot pairtin' wi' my neebour yet." "What neighbour?" "What! is he troublesome next? "Ow, na!
'Maybe ye cud bide ae minute till I tell ye. 'Yes, I can. What is it? 'I'm nearhan' sure that whan I lea' the parlour, grannie 'ill think I'm awa' to my prayers; and sae she'll think better o' me nor I deserve. An' I canna bide that. 'What should make you suppose that she will think so? 'Fowk kens what ane anither's aboot, ye ken, mem. 'Then she'll know you are not at your prayers. 'Na.
There's nobody speaks sense to me but you, Mr Cupples. "''Deed, mem, says I, 'I dinna ken whaur it's to come frae the nicht. For I hae nae sense left but ane, and that's nearhan' 'wi' excess o' brightness blind. Auld Spenser says something like that, doesna he, mem? I added, seein' that she luikit some grave.
"Nearhan' civileezed unner the fine influences o' the English, wi' their cultivation and their mainners, and, aboon a', their gran' Edwards and Hairries." "I dinna richtly unnerstan' ye, sir," said Bruce. "Ye hae heard hoo the king clave the skull o' Sir Henry dee Bohunn�-haena ye, sir?" "Ow, aye. But it was a pity it wasna the ither gait.
"That's a poor consolation to the fish," said Lady Florimel. "Hoo ken ye that, my leddy? Ye can tell nearhan' as little aboot the hert o' a herrin' sic as it has as the herrin' can tell aboot yer ain, whilk, I'm thinkin', maun be o' the lairgest size." "How should you know anything about my heart, pray?" she asked, with more amusement than offence. "Jist by my ain," answered Malcolm.
I doobt gien onybody un'erstan's a thing oot an' oot, sae lang's he's no ready at a moment's notice to gar anither see intil the hert o' 't; an' I canna gar ye see what's intil 't the minute ye speir't at me!" "I'm thinkin', hooever, Cosmo, a body maun be nearhan' seein' o' himsel' afore anither can lat him see onything." "Ye may be richt there," yielded Cosmo."
For what would it be but clean impidence o' me to think 'at there was a time when I was sittin whaur I'm sittin the noo and thinkin 't i' the vera kirk! I would be nearhan' deein for shame!" "Didn't you ever think, Isy, that maybe I might marry you some day?" said James jokingly, confident in the gulf between them. "Na, no ance. I kenned better nor that!
"Ye can see our hoose frae't canna ye?" "Ay." "Weel, ye jist buy a twa three blue lichts. Hae ye ony bawbees?" "Deil ane, General." "Hae than, there's fower an' a bawbee for expenses o' the war." "Thank ye, General." "Ye hae an auld gun, haena' ye?" "Ay have I; but she's nearhan' the rivin'." "Load her to the mou', and lat her rive. We'll may be hear't. But haud weel oot ower frae her.
He nearhan' garred me hate him, and that wud hae been a terrible sin. But, eh, puir laddie, he bed a richt fearsome wife to the mither o' him! I'm thinkin the bonny man maun hae a heap o' tribble wi' siclike, be they bairns or mithers! 'Eh, but ye're i' the richt there, laddie! Noo hearken to me: ye maunna gang the nicht! said his mother anxiously.
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