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I ken 'at I 'm but tellin' ye the trouth whan I tell ye 'at Grizel Cam'ell, up to that day, an' that 's little ower sax month sin' syne." "Good God!" cried the marquis; "and here have I Woman! are you speaking the truth? If ," he added threateningly, and paused. "Leein' 's what I never cud bide, my lord, an' I 'm no likly to tak till 't at my age, wi' the lang to come afore me."
Greate menne, that cannot alwaie haue their wiues in their owne eye, appoincte redgelinges, or guelte menne to awaite vppon them. Whiche waite them in diede so narrowlye, that it ware impossible for any man beside the housebande to speake with the wyfe vnsene: or the wyfe by any stealthe to false her trouth and honestie.
He's too absurd," and in that spirit he left me, outwardly self-confident. He might have remembered Chaucer's words: Beware also to spurne again a nall; Strive not as doeth a crocke with a wall; Deme thy selfe that demest others dede, And trouth thee shall deliver, it is no drede. These two years 1893-4 saw Oscar Wilde at the very zenith of success.
She passed with a shudder from the next inscription bearing the recent date of 1582, which read: "Thomas Miagh which liethe here alone That fain wold from hence begone By torture straunge my trouth was tryed Yet of my liberty denied;" for that "torture straunge" suggested thoughts of too painful a nature to dwell upon.
Ye can du naething for him, wi' that face o' his, but oot comes the trouth as to the father o' 'im; an' it wadna be lang afore the tale was ekit oot wi' the name o' his mither Mistress Catanach wad see to that, gien 'twas only to spite me an' I wunna hae my Grizel ca'd what she is not for ony lord's dauchter i' the three kynriks."
"Who the devil do you mean, then?" "Nae deevil, but an honest man 'at's been his warst enemy sae lang 's I hae kent him Maister Graham, the schuil-maister." "Pooh!" said the marquis with a puff. "I'm too old to go to school." "I dinna ken the man 'at isna a bairn till him, my lord." "In Greek and Latin?" "I' richteousness an' trouth, my lord in what's been an' what is to be."
The form of reply which first arose in Miss Horn's indignant soul never reached her lips. "It's no my trade," she answered, with the coldness of suppressed wrath. "I dinna deal in sic waurs." "What do you deal in then?" asked the marquis. "In trouth an' fair play, my lord," she answered, and was again silent. So was the marquis for some moments, but was the first to resume.
"In Greek and Latin?" "I' richteousness an' trouth, my lord; in what's been an' what is to be." "What! has he the second sicht, like the piper?" "He has the second sicht, my lord but ane 'at gangs a sicht farther than my auld daddy's." "He could tell me then what's going to become of me? "As weel 's ony man, my lord." "That 's not saying much, I fear." "Maybe mair nor ye think, my lord."
He's too absurd," and in that spirit he left me, outwardly self-confident. He might have remembered Chaucer's words: Beware also to spurne again a nall; Strive not as doeth a crocke with a wall; Deme thy selfe that demest others dede, And trouth thee shall deliver, it is no drede. These two years 1893-4 saw Oscar Wilde at the very zenith of success.
Sae, allooin' the thing maun be, ye'll hae till alloo likewise, an' it's a trouth I'm tellin' ye, sir, 'at it's o' nae sma' consequence to the toon 'at the drucken craturs sud fill themsels wi' dacency an' that's what I see till.
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