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"I am glad," continued the woman, "to find you with a turned heart; but whaur is the Jezebel ye took in her place?" "Awa this day," replied he. "I have found her out, and never mair is she wife o' mine." "Sae far weel and better," said she. "Ay, but speak to me o' Janet," cried he, earnestly.
He's behaved ill eneuch wantin that lattin a gowk o' a lassie like you believe what ye likit, and him only carryin on wi' ye for the ploy o' 't, haeing naething to du, and sick o' his ain toom heid and still toomer hert; but a man's word's his word, and Francie's no sae ill as your tale wud mak him! There, Phemy, I hae said my say! She loosened her arms.
Florimel was more delighted than ever when she felt her own hand ruling the cutter so overjoyed indeed, that, instead of steering straight, she would keep playing tricks with the rudder fretting the mouth of the sea palfrey, as it were. Every now and then Malcolm had to expostulate. "Noo, my leddy, caw canny. Dinna steer sae wull. Haud her steddy.
Redgauntlet was ay for the strong hand; and his name is kend as wide in the country as Claverhouse's or Tam Dalyell's. Glen, nor dargle, nor mountain, nor cave, could hide the puir hill-folk when Redgauntlet was out with bugle and bloodhound after them, as if they had been sae mony deer.
"Janet, dinna hoast sae loud, woman! You'll waken your brother." Janet was silent. Then she choked trying to stifle another cough. "Woman," said her mother complainingly, "that's surely an unco hoast ye hae!" "Ay," said Janet, "it's a gey hoast."
It's like the case of the lad that's been sair wounded aboot the head; that's had his face sae mangled and torn that he'd be a repulsive sicht were it not for the way that he became sae. If he'd been courting a lassie before he was hurt wadna the thought of how she'd be feeling aboot him be amang his wairst troubles while he lay in hospital? I've talked wi' such, and I know.
Howden with a toss of her head; "and as for you and young I trow ye were doing for yoursell at the last riding of the Scots Parliament, and that was in the gracious year seven, sae ye can be nae sic chicken at ony rate."
"I will neither hide nor fly," said I, "for I am as guiltless of the blood of these women as the child unborn." "The country disna think sae, master; an' I can assure you that, should evidence fail, you run a risk o' being torn limb frae limb. They are bringing the corpse here, to gar ye touch them baith afore witnesses, an' plenty o' witnesses there will be!"
Sac ye ken I could na be sae dirty as seek my siller, when she pays me th' interest. To the very day, ye ken. She's just the only one o' a' my debtors that's hoenest, but never heed, ye'll no gang to jail." "I'll hold my tongue, and sacrifice my pictures," thought Charles.
There shall be no painting, fiddling Crawford among my kin, Colin." The young fellow bit his lip, and his eyes flashed dangerously beneath their dropped lids. But he said calmly enough, "What is your own idea, father? I am twenty-two, I ought to be doing a man's work of some kind." "Just sae. That is warld-like talk. Now I'll speak wi' you anent a grand plan I hae had for a long time."
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