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"Ye ma' aye touch the deid, to hand ye ohn dreamed aboot them." "I wad be laith," answered Malcolm; "she wad be ower bonny a dream to miss. Are they a' like that?" he added, speaking under his breath. "Na, 'deed no!" replied Miss Horn, with mild indignation. "Wad ye expec' Bawby Cat'nach to luik like that, no?
He had ridden but a short distance when he was overtaken by a boy on a fast pony, who pulled up as he neared him. "Whaur are ye for?" asked Malcolm. "I'm gaein' for Mistress Cat'nach," answered the boy. "Gang yer wa's than, an' dinna haud the deid waitin'," said Malcolm, with a shudder. The boy cast a look of dismay behind him, and galloped off. The snow still fell, and the night was dark.
He would have gone back by the river side to the sea gate, but Mrs Courthope having waived her right to the fish in favour of Mrs Catanach, he felt bound to give her another chance, and so returned the way he had come. "Here's yer troot, Mistress Cat'nach," he called aloud at her door, which generally stood a little ajar.
An' in verra trowth, she was to mysel' like ane o' thae ill faured birds, I dinna min' upo' the name them, 'at hings ower an airmy; for wharever there was onybody nae weel, or onybody deid, there was Bawby Cat'nach. I hae hard o' creepin' things 'at veesits fowk 'at 's no weel an' Bawby was, an' is, ane sic like!
"By name she's Bauby Cat'nach, an' by natur' she's what I tell ye an' gien I had her 'atween my twa een, it 's what I wad say to the face o' her." "It can't be MacPhail! Mrs Stewart says he is her son, and the woman Catanach is her chief witness in support of the claim." "The deevil has a better to the twa o' them, my lord, as they 'll ken some day.
He had ridden but a short distance when he was overtaken by a boy on a fast pony, who pulled up as he neared him. "Whaur are ye for?" asked Malcolm. "I'm gaein' for Mistress Cat'nach," answered the boy. "Gang yer w'ys than, an' dinna haud the deid waitin'," said Malcolm with a shudder. The boy cast a look of dismay behind him and galloped off. The snow still fell and the night was dark.
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