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"But hoo's a body to ken whether she be ane o' the elec'?" she said, quaking. "That's a hard maitter. It's no needfu' to ken't aforehan'. Jist lat that alane i' the mean time." "But I canna lat it alane. It's no for mysel' aither a'thegither. Could ye lat it alane, Thomas?" This home-thrust prevented any questioning about the second clause of her answer. And Thomas dearly loved plain dealing.
"Ye wadna hae a body du that aforehan'! We micht as weel a' be Papists, an' believe as we 're tauld." "Precisely so.
Cosmo showed her the joints and their boxes, telling her he had searched them all, but had found nothing. She shook her head. "Ower late! ower late!" she murmured. "The rievin' English lord was aforehan' wi' the heir!"
I'm no to be drawn into onything 'at I dinna ken a' aboot aforehan'. I s' no tie mysel' up wi' ony promises. "Nae doobt," said Malcolm, "yer ain jeedgement 's mair to ye nor my word, Girnel; but saw ye ever onything in me 'at wad justifee ye in no lippenin' to that sae far 's it gaed?" "Ow na! I'm no sayin' that naither. But what ha'e ye to shaw anent the privin' o' 't?"
But ye see, gin I hadna dune as I was tauld, and learnt a' aboot hoo it was dune aforehan', I wad hae had naething to gang rizzonin' aboot, an' wad hae fun' oot naething. 'That's good, Robert. But when a man is dying for food, he can't wait. 'He micht try to get up and luik, though. 'I have been looking, Robert for years. 'Maybe, like me, only for the rizzon o' 't, Mr.
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