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But to hear yer mother mamma, as ye used to ca' her aye, efter the new fashion to hear her speyk English, that was sweet to the ear; for the braid Scotch she kent as little o' as I do o' the Erse. It was hert's care aboot him that shortent her days. And a' that'll be laid upo' him. He'll hae 't a' to beir an' accoont for. Och hone! Och hone! Eh!
In the course of the day the party visited the Oude Kerk, or Old Church, containing "a big organ," the Niewe Kerk, which has monuments to De Ruiter, Van Speyk, and others. "You will not have an opportunity to go to church in Holland, Paul," said the doctor. "No, sir; I suppose we sail for Havre this week." "Most of the people go to church; but they do not observe the Sabbath very rigidly.
Although, however, she thus manifested her resentment of Mrs Mellis's catechetical attempts in introducing her subject, Miss Horn had no desire to prevent the free outcome of her approaching communication. "In that case, I may speyk oot," said Mrs Mellis. "Use yer freedom." "Weel, I will. Ye was hardly oot o' the hoose last nicht, afore " "Ye saw me gang oot?" "Ay did I."
She would not have him do woman's work, especially work for which she was herself perfectly able. She had not come to her years, she said, to learn idleset; and the boy would save Robert many a weary step among the hills. "He canna speyk to the dog," objected Robert, giving utterance to the first difficulty that suggested itself.
Mapps, glancing at the shore, intent upon renewing his favorite topic, "Fort St. Laurent must have been here; and this is where Van Speyk went down, or rather went up." "Who was Van Speyk?" "He was the commander of a Dutch gunboat, in the revolution of 1830. His vessel wouldn't come about what do you call it?" "Missed stays, sir," replied Captain Haven.
"What mean ye, man? Speyk oot," said Malcolm. "They say it's a' anent the abduckin' o' the markis's boat, 'at you an' him gaed aff wi' thegither." "That'll hardly haud, seeing the marchioness hersel' cam' hame in her the last nicht." "Ay, but ye see the decree's gane oot, an' what the factor says is like the laws o' the Medes an' the Prussians, 'at they say's no to be altert; I kenna mysel'."
"I doobt it'll be warst news to them that it's nae news till." "Ye speyk in riddles, Curly." He tried to laugh but succeeded badly, and stood before her, with downcast eyes, poking his thorn-stick into the mass of pebbles. Annie waited in silence, and that brought it out at last. "Annie, when we war at the schule thegither, I wad hae gien ye onything.
"Daur ye to speyk that gait aboot yer ain son ay, and mine the mair gien ye disown him, Peter Bletherwick! and the Lord's ain ordeent minister forbye!" cried Marion, driven almost to her wits' end, but more by the persistent haunting of her own suspicion, which she could not repress, than the terror of her husband's threat.
Amongst other things there is the sword of that Ruyter who began life as a rope-maker at Vlissingen, and became the greatest admiral of Holland; Admiral Tromp's cuirass perforated by bullets; a chair from the prison of the venerated Barneveldt; a box containing a lock of hair from the head of that Van Speyk who in 1831, on the Schelde, blew up his vessel to preserve the honor of the Dutch flag.
'Weel, I kenna wha brocht the shune, as I tellt ye a'ready. 'But they wantit nae men'in'. 'I micht hae men't them an' forgotten 't, mem. 'Noo ye're leein'. 'Gin ye gang on that gait, mem, I winna speyk a word o' trowth frae this moment foret. 'Jist tell me what ye ken aboot thae shune, an' I'll no say anither word. 'Weel, mem, I'll tell ye the trowth.
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