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I'll no believe mysel' 'at the laad I kissed like my ain mither's son afore he gaed awa' wad turn like that upo' 's 'maist the meenute he was oot o' sicht, an' a' for a feow words aboot a fulish play actin'. Lord bliss us a'! markises is men.
But the look of pitying and yet deprecating concern in Mr Cupples's face fixed him so that he could say nothing. Mr Cupples turned and walked slowly away, with only the words: "Eh! bantam! bantam! The Lord hae pity upo' ye�-and me too!" He went out at the door bowed like an old man. "Preserve's, Mr Cupples! What ails ye?" exclaimed his landlady meeting him in the passage.
What is there I wadna dee to clear him that is, to ken him innocent o' ony wrang til her! I wad dee wi thanksgivin!" "Weel, I kenna that we're jist called upon sae far as that!" said Marion. "A lass is aye able to tak care o' hersel!" "I wud! I wud! God hae mercy upo' the twa o' them!" In the afternoon James was a good deal better. When his father went in to see him, his first words were
"Weel, gin ye come in for a barrel or twa, ye may coont upo' me to tak it aff yer han', at the ordinar' price�-to the wholesale merchan's, ye ken�-wi' maybe a sma' discoont for orderin' 't afore the whaul was ta'en." The day drew near. He had bidden all his friends farewell.
And she had sae muckle to say and speir aboot, that at last we had to tak doon buiks, and I had to clear a neuk o' the table. At lenth I cam to luik for her as reglar as gin she had been a ghaist, and the time that chappit upo' the auld clock had belongt to the midnicht instead o' the mornin'. Ye'll be wonnerin' what like she was.
Forbye, gin ye began wi' his claes, ye wadna ken whaur to haud; for it wad jist be the new claith upo' the auld garment: ye micht as weel new cleed him at ance. 'And why not if I choose, Mr. Falconer? I wadna hae ye try that. Some fowk's poverty maun be han'let jist like a sair place, doctor.
When it was ended Clementina said nothing, Annie Mair said "Hech, sirs!" and Lizzy, with a great sigh, remarked, "The deil maun be in a' thing whaur God hasna a han', I'm thinkin'." "Ye may tak yer aith upo' that," rejoined Malcolm. It was a custom in Peter's boat never to draw the nets without a prayer, uttered now by one, now by another of the crew.
"I think ye hae something e'en noo upo yer min' 'at ye would like to say to them but we'll see hoo ye feel aboot it efter I hae said a word to them first!" "When you have said what you want to say, Mr. MacLear, give me a look; and if I have anything to say, I will respond to your sign. Then you can introduce me, saying what you will. Only dinna spare me; use me after your judgment."
"There's naething upo' the airth, sir," said Aggie, "'at I wad like half sae weel. Thae jist a kin' o' a hoonger upo' me forun'erstan'in' things.
"Daddy," he said, "I'm gaein oot to catch a haddick or sae to oor denner the morn. Ye micht jist sit doon upo' ane o' the Boar's Taes an' tak a play o' yer pipes. I'll hear ye fine, an' it'll du me guid." The Boar's Toes were two or three small rocks that rose out of the sand near the end of the dune.
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