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Drumsheugh went over to the fireplace, and for a while did nothing but break up the smouldering peats, whose smoke powerfully affected his nose and eyes. "When ye're ready, Paitrick, there's twa or three little trokes a' wud like ye tae look aifter, an' a'll tell ye aboot them as lang's ma head's clear.
Keep yir bed the mornin', and dinna show yir face in the fields till a' see ye. A'll gie ye a cry on Monday sic an auld fule but there's no ane o' them tae mind anither in the hale pairish."
"'Aff wi' yir coat, Drumsheugh, said MacLure; 'ye 'ill need tae bend yir back the nicht; gither a' the pails in the hoose and fill them at the spring, an' a'll come doon tae help ye wi' the carryin'."
"Na, na; ye ken a' never tell lees like the graund ceety doctors, and a'll warrant Flora 'ill be in kirk afore Martinmas, an' kiltin' up the braes as hardy as a hielan' sheltie by the new year." Flora puts an arm round her father's neck, and draws down his face to hers, but the doctor is looking another way. "Dinna fash wi' medicine; gie her plenty o' fresh milk and plenty o' air.
"No, a'll no, or the wife 'ill tak ma ears off," and it was settled for two pounds.
'A'd do it o'er again, a would; an' a'll tell 'em so. It's a fine time o' day when men's to be trapped and carried off, an' them as lays traps to set 'em free is to be put i' t' lock-ups for it. 'But there was rioting, beside the rescue; t' house was burnt, continued eager, breathless Philip. 'An' a'm noane goin' t' say a'm sorry for that, neyther; tho', mebbe, a wouldn't do it again.
Oi'm hawful sorry oi went back on 'Im. Hit was the lemonaide. The boys didn't mean no 'arm but hit started the 'ell hinside. Geordie hurled out some bitter words. 'Don't be 'ard on 'em, Geordie; they didn't mean no 'arm, he said, and his eyes kept waiting till Geordie said hurriedly 'Na! na! lad a'll juist leave them till the Almichty. Then Mrs.
"Saunders'll no need me till the shearing begins," he explained to the doctor, "an' a'm gaein' tae Brochty for a turn o' the hot baths; they're fine for the rheumatics. "Wull ye no come wi' me for auld lang syne? it's lonesome for a solitary man, an' it wud dae ye gude." "A'll no be mony months wi' ye a' thegither noo, an' a'm wanting tae spend a' the time a' hev in the Glen.
"There 's nae question that ye hev filled the pack," said Barbara, with much deliberation and an ominous calmness; "but whether wi' yir ain gear or some ither body's, a'll leave ye tae judge yirsel'. A 'll juist empty the bag on the bukes;" and Barbara selected a bank of Puritans for the display of her master's spoil.
David asked if he might see her, or should he just turn back to the town? Reuben protested, his hospitality and family feeling aroused, his poor mind torn with conflicting motives. 'I believe she'd fratch if she didna see tha, he said at last. 'A'll just goo ben, and ask.
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