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'But, she added thoughtfully, 'gien it warna that we're in Scotlan', and they're nigh-han' Rom', I wud hae been 'maist sure I had won intil ane o' the catacombs! 'Eh, losh, lat me awa to the hill! cried Steenie, stopping and half turning. 'I canna bide the verra word o' the craturs! 'What word than? asked Kirsty, a little surprised; for how did Steenie know anything about the catacombs?
I think the men war nigh-han' dazed wi' the terrible cauld and the weariness o' the traivel, and I had sleepit ower lang, and they had forgotten a' aboot me. And what think ye was the first thocht i' my heid, whan I cam' to mysel', i' the terrible white desolation o' cauld and ice and snaw? I wantit to run straucht to you, and lay my heid upo' yer shouther.
That wad be seven pun' ten i' the year, an' the bairnie micht amaist no freely but nigh-han' be broucht up upo' that." Margaret lifted her head and looked at him. "An' wha wad gie five per cent. for her bit siller, whan he can get it frae the bank, on guid security, for four an' a half?" "Jist mysel', Marget.
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