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"Wha wad hae thoucht it o' 'im? There's fowk 'at it sets weel to tak upo' them! His father, honest man, wad ne'er hae spoken like that to Meg Partan; but syne he was an honest man, though he was but the heid shepherd upo' the estate. Man, I micht hae been yer mither gien I had been auld eneuch for 's first wife, for he wad fain hae had me for 's second."
Snaw had fa'en, sae that I could hardly see the track. And I never cam' up wi' them, and I haena heard o' them sin' syne. "The silence at first had been fearfu'; but noo, somehoo or ither, I canna richtly explain 't, the silence seemed to be God himsel' a' aboot me. "And I'll never forget him again, Annie. "I cam' upo' tracks, but no o' oor ain men. They war the fowk o' the country.
I think, if He was to come by wi' the whip o' small cords, I wouldn't be afeared of his layin' it upo' my old back. Do you think he would, sir?" Thus driven to speak as I thought, I made haste to reply, more delighted with the result of my experiment than I cared to let her know. "Indeed I do not. I was only talking.
"Ye had naething o' the kin', I s' wad." "Never a threid. There was a twal hunner shift upo' the bairn, rowt roon 'im like deid claes: gien 't had been but the Lord's wull! It gart me wonner at the time, for that wasna hoo a bairn 'at had been caret for sud be cled." "Was there name or mark upo' 't?" asked cuttlefish.
'I wonder if yon poor sick chap at Moss Brow would fancy some o' my sausages. They're something to crack on, for they are made fra' an old Cumberland receipt, as is not known i' Yorkshire yet. 'Thou's allays so set upo' Cumberland ways! said her husband, not displeased with the suggestion, however. 'Still, when folk's sick they han their fancies, and maybe Kinraid 'll be glad o' thy sausages.
I wad jist gang doon upo' my k-nees, whaur I stude afore ye, and tell ye a heap o' things 'at maybe by that time ye wad ken weel eneuch a'ready ." "What would you tell me?" Whether she was really angry or not, she had no difficulty in making Malcolm believe she was. She rose from her chair though not until he had ended swept halfway to the door, then turned upon him with a flash.
He drank 'maist a' thing there was, Gibbie lan's an' lordship, till there was hardly an accre left upo' haill Daurside to come to my father 'maist naething but a wheen sma' hooses.
'And whase was that blue coat wi' the bonny gowd buttons upo' 't? asked Robert, who thought he had discovered a new approach to an impregnable hold, which he would gladly storm if he could. 'Lat the coat sit. What has that to do wi' the kilt? A blue coat and a tartan kilt gang na weel thegither. 'Excep' in an auld press whaur naebody sees them.
An' what I say is, as I've lived upo' your ground from my father and grandfather afore me, an' hev dropped our money into't, an' me an' my children might lie an' rot on the ground for top-dressin' as we can't find the money to buy, if the King wasn't to put a stop." "My good fellow, you're drunk, you know," said Mr. Brooke, confidentially but not judiciously.
Then, stopping to ask no questions, 'Ye see I'm to hae a name o' my ain efter a', he said, with a face which looked even handsome in the light of his gladness. Robert shook hands with him, and wished him joy heartily. 'Wha wad hae thocht it, Shargar, he added, 'that day 'at ye pat bonnets for hose upo' Black Geordie's huves? The butler announced the Marquis of Boarshead. Mysie's eyes flashed.
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