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Then he reverted to the fancy that Annie was the first of the angels come to carry away his soul, and murmured brokenly: "Whan ye tak' it up, be carefu' hoo ye han'le 't, baith for it's some weyk, and for it's no ower clean, and micht blaud the bonnie white han's o' sic God-servers as yersels.
His min' though cawpable a hantle mair nor a body wad think 'at didna ken him sae weel as I du, is certainly weyk though maybe the weykness lies mair i' the tongue than i' the brain o' 'im efter a' an' he's been sair frichtit wi' some guideship or ither; the upshot o 't a' bein', 'at he's unco timoursome, and ready to bursten himsel' rinnin' whan there's nane pursuin'. But he's the gentlest o' craturs a doonricht gentleman, mem, gien ever there was ane an' that kin'ly wi' a' cratur, baith man an' beast!
"I jist cam' to see whether ye war in want o' onything, Thamas." "I'm in want o' naething. Gude nicht to ye." "But, railly, Thamas," expostulated the weaver, emboldened by his own kindness "ye'll excuse me, but ye hae nae business to gang doon on yer knees wi' yer leg in sic a weyk condeetion." "I winna excuse ye, Jeames. What ken ye aboot my leg?
The suffering of Mr Cupples and the struggle which he had to sustain with the constant craving of his whole being, are perhaps indescribable; but true to his vow and to his friend, he endured manfully. Still it was with a rueful-comical look and a sigh, sometimes, that he would sit down to his tea, remarking, "Eh, man! this is meeserable stuff�-awfu' weyk tipple�-a pagan invention a'thegither."
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