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Unconscious of themselves they moved about the palace, executing Maida's orders. A dozen or so of Maida's personal retainers were here and most of the Earth men. Keen-eyed young men of the Washington Headquarters Staff. One of them Tomm Aften by name, a ruddy, blue-eyed fellow was in command. He stayed close by Georg and me. The city was seething.
Now I should like to know, even from the mouth of a misbeliever, what part of my conduct warrants such a conclusion." "Nae particular pairt, sir; I draw a' my conclusions frae the haill o' a man's character, an' I'm no that aften far wrong." "Well, John, and what sort of general character do you suppose mine to be?" "Yours is a Scripture character, sir, an' I'll prove it." "I hope so, John.
"Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled! Scots wham Bruce has aften led!" etcetera. This demonstration seemed to produce the desired effect and Johnny soon became reassured, and quite reconciled to "camping out" in the woods.
An' yon's the verra hole to this day, 'at ye was sae near ower weel acquaint wi' yersel', my leddy. For the yerl left the castel, and never a Colonsay has made his abode there sin' syne. But some say 'at the rizzon the castel cam to be desertit a'thegither was, that as aften as they biggit up the hole, it fell oot again as sure 's the day o' the year cam roon' whan it first happened.
"I do; but even then a man's work is of worth only as it supplements his life. A network of spiritual fibres connects the two, makes one of them." "But surely, sir, them 'at 's o' the same min' oucht to meet an' stir ane anither up? 'They that feart the Lord spak aften thegither, ye ken." "What should prevent them?
There's whiles convenience in a body looking a wee stupid and I have aften seen them walking at e'en on the little path by Dinglewood-burn; but naebody ever kend a word about it frae Cuddie; I ken I'm gay thick in the head, but I'm as honest as our auld fore-hand ox, puir fallow, that I'll ne'er work ony mair I hope they'll be as kind to him that come ahint me as I hae been.
"Eh, sirs!" he said, having accomplished this task, "look out yonder, Milnwood; saw ye ever mortal fight like the deevil Claver'se? Yonder he's been thrice doun amang them, and thrice cam free aff. But I think we'll soon be free oursells, Milnwood. Inglis and his troopers look ower their shouthers very aften, as if they liked the road ahint them better than the road afore."
Ye had na the privileege of being born in Scoetland, ye ken or nae doot ye'd hae kenned better, for ye are a decent lad deed are ye. Aweel, stap ben led, and I'se let ye see a drap whisky. The like does na aften gang doon an Englishman's thrapple." "Whisky? Well, but it seems to me if we didn't ought to deal we didn't ought to drink."
Not that he was a marrying man, he would sometimes protest; far from it, indeed. Yet they did say that the landlord of a rival inn was heard to remark that "the cauptain gaed ower aften to Lucky G 's howf. It wasna hardlys decent, an' her man no deid a twalmonth."
An' aften, when the conversation turned upon the apostate Montrose, or the gallant Lesly, I hae seen ye manifest the spirit an' the very look o' a persecutor. Were I to gie up my dochter to such a man, I should be worse than the heathen wha sacrifice their offspring to the abomination o' idols. Noo, Philip, as I hae tauld ye, there are but twa ways o't.
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