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She held out her hand to him. He hesitated a moment, and then took it in a brief clasp. "Good-night," was all she said. Declining Bud's offer of shelter, von Rittenheim bade him farewell, and strode into the darkness of the forest. Yarebrough looked after him, puzzled and disapproving. "He ain' none so glad to see his sister-in-law," he pondered. "Ah wonner what hit all means."
Ye see, my leddy, it's no buiks, but what buiks. Eh! there maun be mony ane o' the richt sort here, though. I wonner gien Mr Graham ever saw them. He wad surely hae made mention o them i' my hearin'!"
"Hey! you alway' keep 'e queer t'ing to heself, Bonnie, but!" cried the vixen. "I'm werry glad to see old bones like a hoe; an' I wonner dere ar' time to laugh, wid 'e garden full of weed!" "Grach!" exclaimed the negro, stretching out an arm in a forensic attitude; "what a black woman know of politic! If a hab time to talk, better cook a dinner.
"I wonner at that," returned Thomas. "And, forby," resumed Annie, "gin I war, I'm no guid eneuch yet. An' besides that " But here she stopped and remained silent. "What was ye gaun to say?" asked Thomas, encouragingly. But Annie did not reply. She looked perplexed. With the intuition of sympathy springing from like thoughts, Thomas guessed what was moving in her mind.
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