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Phemy wept aloud, but did not try to escape. 'And him gaein to promise this verra nicht 'at he would merry me! she cried, but through her tears and sobs her words were indistinct. Kirsty stopped, and faced round on her. 'He promised to merry ye? she said. 'I didna say that; I said he was gaein to promise the nicht. And noo he'll be gane, and never a word said!
Ses revenus sont de deux millions et demi de ducats, y compris vingt-cinq mille qu'il perçoit en tributs. [Footnote: Il y a ici erreur de copiste sur ces vingt-cinq mille ducats de tributs; la somme est trop foible. On verra plus bas que le despote de Servie en payoit annuellement cinquante mille
There was no give and take in the man; he could be verra jocose with the lairds, to be sure, but he never dropped in to the Red Lion for a crack and a dram with the town-folk; he just glowered as if he could devour them! And who was he, I should like to know? His grandfather had been noathing but a common carrier! Hate was the greater on both sides because it was often impotent.
It was many a one waz sayin when the cows and the sheep waz come home from the sheilings that never afore waz Miss Sheila away from Loch Roag when the cattle would be swimmin across the loch to the island; and I will say to many of them verra well you will wait and you will see Miss Sheila back again in the Lews, and it wazna allwas you would lif away from your own home where you was born and the people will know you from the one year to the next.
But I wadna stan' for that, for that wad be to be caitiff vile, an' no true man: I gaed nearer an' nearer, till I had gotten within a yaird o' the tree, whan a' at ance, wi' a swing an' a swirl, I was three-fauld aboot the tree, an' the laithly worm was me mesel'; an' I was the laithly worm. The verra hert gaed frae me for hoarible dreid, an' scunner at mysel'! Sae there I was!
Ye're a douce, God-fearin' lassie, and He'll tak care o' his ain." Here his mind began to wander again. "Marget," he said, "is my een steekit, for I think I see angels?" "Ay are they�-close eueuch." "Weel, that's verra weel. I'll hae a sleep noo." He was silent for some time.
"I hope it may stand me in good stead in the future, Don," Sandy said gravely to the boy beside him. "I am sure it will. Isn't it splendid, Sandy, to see the herders all so pleased and ready to follow out your orders? I think nothing could have made me happier than to have you put in to manage the ranch." "I'm verra, verra glad myself, laddie.
The fact was that Annie was the greater of the two in esse; Cupples the greater in posse. His imagination let him see things far beyond what he could for a long time attain unto. "But what got ye at the kirk, Annie?" "Weel, I canna say I got verra muckle the day. Mr Turnbull's text was, 'Thou, Lord, art merciful, for thou renderest to every man according to his works."
Camille suppressed a yawn. "I don't know. Qui vivra verra." He was glad when they were all gone, Gontrand and Tor di Rocca and the rest, and he could stretch himself and sigh, and sing at the top of his voice: "'Nicholas, je vais me pendre Qu'est-ce que tu vas dire de cela? Si vous vous pendez ou v'vous pendez pas Ça m'est ben egal, Mam'zelle.
But I didna fall in again, and, verra wet and chilly, I was glad to do the rowing for a bit. We did no more fishing that day, and Mac laughed at me a good deal. But on the way hame we passed a field where some boys were playing football, and the ball came along, unbenknownst to either of us, and struck Mac on the nose.
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