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And supposing that you was to hef tumbled into the water, you would have been trooned as sure as you wass alive." "And a good job, too, Donald," said the younger man, idly looking at the lapping green water. Donald shook his head gravely: "You would not say that if you had friends of yours that was trooned, and if you had seen them when they went down in the water."
At last I said: "Would you suppose, Steve, that the finding of George Murdoch's body was a necessary incitement among the causes that led to the little girl's getting lost?" "Domson's ascleep," murmured Helsmok. "I tink dey all ascleep. I wass yoos dropp'n off mineself."
An' ye know ferry weel, Tan, that my sister Elspie would be content to live wi' you in a ferry small hoose, and the bare necessaries of life, but here you are forced to put off the merritch because our hooses wass burnt, and you are obleeged to wait till you get a sort o' palace built, I suppose, and a grand farm set a-goin'."
M'Alpine hef come away from Styornoway I wass thinking it wass too far for me effer to get back again. But it is many a one will say to me, before I hef left the Lewis, that I wass not to come home unless you wass coming too, and I wass to bring you back with me, Miss Sheila. And where is Bras, Miss Sheila?" "You will see him by and by. He is out in the garden now."
But Shames said something to me, what-e-ver." "Just so; I forgot," continued Archie. "Well, McGregor said to the captain, `What would you think if we wass to sit still an' co into the pictur'?" "Oo, ay; that was just it, an' fery like him too," said the skipper, laughing at Archie's imitation, though he failed to recognise the similarity to his own drawling and nasal tones.
"No, mem, I think not," said Christina. "I think it is an island; but you will not know the name of that island there is no English for it at all." "But where is it? Is it near Castle Dare?" "Oh no, mem; it is a good way from Castle Dare; and it is out in the sea. Do you know Gometra, mem? wass you ever going out to Gometra?" "Yes, of course, I remember something about it anyway."
"So he was at Tougal Stewart's store on the first of October early in the morning pefore the shutters wass taken off, and he paid half chust exactly to keep his word.
Polly overheard Maude sneer, as she hurried away in response to her aunt's call. Mr. Bean wass already eating breakfast, and he greeted the little girl pleasantly, though keeping watch of his wife, who was frying cakes. "Here! Give these to you uncle," Polly was bidden; whereupon the little man began such attempts at kindliness as to draw out a contemptuous, "Huh!" from over the griddle.
"It wass a beautiful night in London, but I will be thinking that there iss no living person caring whether I die or live, and I wass considering how I could die, for there iss nothing so hopeless as to hef no friend in a great city. It iss often that I hef been alone on the moor, and no man within miles, but I wass never lonely, oh no, I had plenty of good company.
"It iss not improbaple that my house will pe goin' down the river like a post, but that iss nothing not anything at all when there will pe such a destruction goin' on all over the settlement whatever. It iss fery coot of you, oo ay. I will put my fuddle into the canoe, an' my sister she will pe ready at wance. Wass you ready, Martha?"
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