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Weel, that nicht I was passing through Threadneedle street, hard by the Bank of England, that great, grey building o' stane. And suddenly, on the pavement, I saw them twa young things, glad o' the stillness, his arm aboot her waist, their een turned upon one another, thinking o' nothing else and no one else i' a' the world. I was sae sorry for them, puir weans!
An' noo, says he, 'what possessed ye to throw up your berth wi' Holdock? "'The new timin', said I. 'The Breslau will not stand it. "'Hoot, oot, said he. 'Ye might ha' crammed her a little enough to show ye were drivin' her an' brought her in twa days behind. What's easier than to say ye slowed for bearin's, eh? All my men do it, and I believe 'em.
We both fell doon, and thocht no mair of keeping still we were too sair hurt not to cry oot a bit and use some strong language as well, I'm fearing. We'd forgotten, d'ye ken, that it was the Sawbath eve! Aweel, I staggered to my feet. Then oot came more hares and rabbits, and after them the twa dogs in full chase.
It was true, but he would have preferred not to answer. Grizel's questions, however, were all so straight in the face, that there was no dodging them. "I have on twa suits o' clothes, and a' my sarks," he had to admit, sticky and sullen. She stopped, but he trudged on doggedly. She ran after him and gave his arm an impulsive squeeze with both hands, "Oh, you sweet!" she said.
"Thae loons will be round in half an hour," said Malise, confidently. "But they will hae richt sair heads the morn, I'se warrant, and some o' them may be marked aboot the chafts for a Sabbath or twa!" But the swarthy youth whom the others called De Sillé, he who had been spokesman and who had fallen first, was more seriously injured.
I raise an' took the puir craturie doon, an' hang him up on the ither side o' the room; an, mind ye, ye wud raley thocht the bit beastie kent, for it gae a coodie bit cheep or twa, an juist cooered doon to sleep again.
"O, the lands of Milnwood! the bonny lands of Milnwood, that have been in the name of Morton twa hundred years!" exclaimed his uncle; "they are barking and fleeing, outfield and infield, haugh and holme!" "No, sir," said Henry, "you shall not suffer on my account. I own," he continued, addressing Bothwell, "I did give this man a night's lodging, as to an old military comrade of my father.
But I can't sit here crackin' all day. I've the dinner to get ready, and the master'll be quare and angry if it's no ready against he's home." She picked up the tray as she spoke. "Would you like me to leave you them twa graven images?" she said. "I'd like you to take them away," said Neal, "and then get me a book out of the case." "I will, surely. What sort of a book would you like?
He started to his feet. "A penny for your thoughts," she said, retreating a step or two. "I wad gie twa to be rid o' them," he returned, shaking his bushy head as if to scare the invisible ravens hovering about it. "How fine you are!" Florimel went on, regarding him with an approbation too open to be altogether gratifying. "The dress suits you thoroughly. I didn't know you at first.
I acted for the best, but I'm sair punished now; for when she heard Tammas at the door twa or three minutes syne, she ordered me to let him in, so that she could thank him for bringing the news last nicht, despite the rain. They're in the parlor. Oh, dominie, gang in and stop his mouth." This was hard. I dared not go to the parlor. Margaret might have died at sight of me.
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