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'I ken that lassie, he said, and moved to get down from the counter on which he too had seated himself. 'Na, na, whispered the manufacturer, laying, like the Ancient Mariner, a brown skinny hand of restraint upon Robert's arm 'na, na, never heed her. Ye maunna speyk to ilka lass 'at ye ken. Dinna fash wi' her. 'Nonsense! returned Robert, with indignation. 'What for shouldna I speik till her?
Ma'colm, man!" and with a bitter cry he started to his feet "I maist dinna believe there's a God ava'. It disna luik like it dis 't noo?" There came an answering cry from the closet; Annie rushed out, half undressed, and threw her arms about her husband. "Joseph! Joseph!" she said, in a voice hard with agony almost more dreadful than a scream "gien ye speyk like that, ye 'll drive me mad.
Mair is not so much at home upon it, being a farmer's daughter from inland." Receiving Clementina's thankful assent, he turned to Lizzy and said, "Min' ye tell my lady what rizzon ye ken whaurfor my mistress at the Hoose sudna be merried upo' Lord Liftore him 'at was Lord Meikleham. Ye may speyk to my lady there as ye wad to mysel; an' better, haein' the hert o' a wuman."
'You insult me! said Phemy. 'Ye drive me to speyk plain! answered Kirsty. 'That lad, Francie Gordon, 'Speak with respect of your superiors, interrupted Phemy. 'I'll speyk wi' respec o' ony body I hae respec for! answered Kirsty. 'Let me pass, you rude young woman! cried Phemy, who had of late been cultivating in her imagination such speech as she thought would befit Mrs.
"What w'y is 't, my leddy, 'at the hoose is no lockit up, an' ilka body i' their beds?" he asked. "My father is coming home tonight. Didn't you know? But I should have thought a storm like this enough to account for people not being in bed!" "It's a fearfu' nicht for him to be sae far frae his! Whaur's he comin' frae! Ye never speyk to me noo, my leddy, an' naebody tell't me."
'Amanda! said the mother, in tones that only once or twice, and that in the great crises of maternity, fall from woman's lips 'Amanda, speyk. Tell him what's botherin' thee. But the girl was silent. Mr.
'Sic a sicht as ye never saw, man, returned Sandy; 'the bonniest leddy ever man set his ee upo'. I culd na hae thocht there had been sic a woman i' this warl'. Speyk laicher, man; she'll maybe hear ye. Is she i' the inn there? 'Ay is she, answered Sandy. 'See sic a warl' o' kists as she's brocht wi' her, he continued, pointing towards the pile of luggage.
"They wad tak 's ane by ane as we gaed doon, my lord, an' we wadna hae a chance. Think o' my leddy there!" Florimel heard all, but with the courage of her race. "This is a fine position you have brought us into, MacPhail!" said his master, now thoroughly uneasy for his daughter's sake. "Nae waur nor I 'll tak ye oot o', gien ye lippen to me, my lord, an' no speyk a word."
I dinna like to hear ye speyk sae scornfulike o' the gude man that has the care o' oor sowls!" "It wad be mair to the purpose ye had the care o' his!" "Sae I hae: hasna ilkabody the care o' ilk ither's?" "Ay; but he preshumes upo' 't and ye dinna; there's the differ!" "It's sair wastit upo' him 'at caana see the thoucht intil't!"
'It was a bonnie bairnie as ever ye saw. It luikit in her face, she says, as gin it kent a' aboot it, and had only come to help her throu the warst o' 't; for it gaed hame 'maist as sune's ever she was richt able to thank God for sen'in' her sic an angel to lead her to repentance. 'John, said his wife, coming behind his chair, and laying her hand on his shoulder, 'what for dinna ye speyk?
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