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'It made no noise with its feet, and you called it a spirit, I explained hastily. 'Aa's feared o' nowt, said Geordie, 'that's livin', but when it comes to evil sperrits 'tis the Priest should tackle them. Aa winnot.
After Vilna's fall on September 18, 1915, the Germans had advanced along the western shore of the Gulf of Riga to Dubbeln, about ten miles west of Riga, at the Aa's delta.
Woman of fifty as she was, she was still a bundle of passions, in the intellectual and poetic sense. The sight of her own fells and streams, the sound of the Cumbrian "aa's," and "oo's," the scurrying of the sheep among the fern, the breath of the wind in the Glendarra woods, the scent of moss and heather these things rilled her with just the same thrills and gushes of delight as in her youth.
'To answer this was trenching upon too dangerous ground, so there was a pause. "Is the young lady a Scotchwoman, papa?" "Yes" drily enough. "Has she much of the accent, sir?" "Much of the devil!" answered my father hastily; "do you think I care about a's and aa's, and i's and ee's,? I tell you, Julia, I am serious in the matter.
'To answer this was trenching upon too dangerous ground, so there was a pause. "Is the young lady a Scotchwoman, papa?" "Yes" drily enough. "Has she much of the accent, sir?" "Much of the devil!" answered my father hastily; "do you think I care about a's and aa's, and i's and ee's,? I tell you, Julia, I am serious in the matter.
"'Captain, for God's sake gan doon to the cabin and pacify them! They're playin' nap, and they've faalen oot amang theirselves, and there's fair almighty hell gannin' on. Aa's sure if ye divvent get them pacified ther'll be morder! "'My good man, I said,'I cannot leave the bridge. "'Ye canna' leave the bridge! What for, then?
"To answer this was trenching upon too dangerous ground, so there was a pause. "'Is the young lady a Scotchwoman, papa? "'Yes' dryly enough. "'Has she much of the accent, sir? "'Much of the devil! answered my father hastily; 'do you think I care about a's and aa's, and i's and ee's? I tell you, Julia, I am serious in the matter. "'Certainly, sir. Is my future friend red-haired?
'To answer this was trenching upon too dangerous ground, so there was a pause. "Is the young lady a Scotchwoman, papa?" "Yes" drily enough. "Has she much of the accent, sir?" "Much of the devil!" answered my father hastily; "do you think I care about a's and aa's, and i's and ee's,? I tell you, Julia, I am serious in the matter.
It seems half real, half Hell-hound! I commented. 'It's easy talkin', replied Geordie contemptuously, 'but if he had had a hand o' yor breeks ye'd have knawn he was damned real, Aa's warrant ye, and he spat on the ground with emphasis. 'My aunt saw the hound a year ago, I continued, 'but it didn't chase her; it only growled and frightened her.
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