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It's been wi' unco sma' diffeeclety, I maun alloo, for I haena been led into ony temptation!" "Eh, mem!" returned Malcolm, perceiving by the flash of her eyes and the sudden halt of her speech that she was really indignant "I dinna ken what I hae said to anger ye!" "Anger me! quo' he? What though I hae nae feelin's!
"The sooner they attack and get it o'er the better," Cameron said. "I hae na slept a wink the last twa nights. If I doze off for a moment I wake up, thinking I hear their yells. I am as ready to fight as ony o' you when the time comes, but the thought o' my daughter, here, makes me nervous and anxious. What do you say, Jake?" "It all de same to Jake, Massa Cameron.
I am sure ony sma' thing they might want frae my shop, under seven, or eight, or ten pounds, I would book them as readily for it as the first in the country. Do they come in the auld chaise?"
Maybe it wad be equally fair to her and to yersel' to lat her ken ye a bit better afore ye do that. We'll think that ower. Whan ye gang doon the stair, ye'll see a bit brougham at the door waitin' for ye. Gie the coachman ony orders ye like. He's your servant as lang 's ye're in London. Commit yer way to the Lord, my boy.
She darted to Flucker's side. "Ye hae na been sae daft as tell?" asked she. Flucker shook his head contemptuously. "Ony birds at the island, Flucker?" "Sea-maws, plenty, and a bird I dinna ken; he moonted sae high, then doon like thunder intil the sea, and gart the water flee as high as Haman, and porpoises as big as my boat."
The great God protec' 's frae his ain gifts! Wi'oot him they're ten times waur nor ony wiles o' the deevil's ain. But I'll pray, Cosmo; I'll pray." The real might of temptation is in the lower and seemingly nearer loveliness as against the higher and seemingly farther. Cosmo went back to his work.
"Lave me for thot same, honey!" "And the green peas?" "All right, mum. I've lived in quality houses since I was so high. I can cook ony thing." "Very well, Anna. We will see. I have to go out this morning; and you must do the best you can. Don't fail to have dinner ready by two o'clock. Mr. Smith is a punctual man." Anna was profuse in her promises.
Do not be anxious. I will return or send very soon." Rose was not anxious. She was enjoying herself. Now after shopping and eating and drinking all day, she went to the theatre at night. The theatre one of the humblest in the city was a new sensation to her, and her first visit to one was so delightful that she resolved to repeat it every evening. "I shanna fash mysel' anent Johnnie ony mair.
The laddies 'at's maist ill to get sometimes gangs up in a flame a' at aince, like a bit o' paper." "Ay, weel, at ony rate Jamie's no on fire yet." Though clever beyond her neighbours, Jess lost all her sharpness if they spoke of a lassie for Jamie.
'Well, but when you were in King George's pay, Evan, you were surely King George's soldiers? 'Troth, and you must ask Vich Ian Vohr about that; for we are for his king, and care not much which o' them it is. At ony rate, nobody can say we are King George's men now, when we have not seen his pay this twelve-month.
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