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But you have lost all stay. She fumbled in an immense pocket, from which she produced a greasy purse 'Many's the awmous your house has gi'en Meg and hers; and she has lived to pay it back in a small degree; and she placed the purse in his hand.
You've a grand education, and you'll surely get a place as a teacher or something; I'm sure you would make a grand teacher. Ye wouldna like to think of your mother trailing every week to the like of Wilson for an awmous, streeking out her auld hand for charity.
"The road to Kippletringan," she said, is on the other side of these enclosures Make the speed ye can; there's mair rests on your life than other folk's. But you have lost all stay." She fumbled in an immense pocket, from which she produced a greasy purse "Many's the awmous your house has gi'en Meg and hers and she has lived to pay it back in a small degree;" and she placed the purse in his hand.
Forbye, here they say that a man who prays and gies awmous, and keeps frae wine, is sicker to win to Paradise and a' the houris. I had rather it war my puir Zorah than any strange houri of them a'; but any way, I hae been a better man sin' I took up wi' them than ever I was as a cursing, swearing, drunken, fechting sailor lad wha feared neither God nor devil.
She rose quickly, and went, as usual, to her bureau to give him money. "Stop," said Geordie; "I haena asked ye for't yet. I dinna like awmous.
They were just decent bien bodies; ony poor creature that had face to beg got an awmous, and welcome they that were shamefaced gaed by, and twice as welcome. But they keepit an honest walk before God and man, the Croftangrys, and, as I said before, if they did little good, they did as little ill.
"Ou ay I'll aye come for my awmous as usual, and whiles I wad be fain o' a pickle sneeshin, and ye maun speak to the constable and ground-officer just to owerlook me; and maybe ye'll gie a gude word for me to Sandie Netherstanes, the miller, that he may chain up his muckle dog I wadna hae him to hurt the puir beast, for it just does its office in barking at a gaberlunzie like me.
"I," "and I," "and I," answered many a ready voice. "Aweel, since sae it is, and I can only sleep in ae barn at ance, I'll gae down with Saunders Mucklebackit he has aye a soup o' something comfortable about his begging and, bairns, I'll maybe live to put ilka ane o' ye in mind some ither night that ye hae promised me quarters and my awmous;" and away he went with the fisherman.
But he had, doubtless, so far succeeded in his plans; for he possessed a most unenviable fame for all sort of cantrips and sorceries; and the wandering beggar would rather have solicited a bit of bread from the iron hand of misery itself, than ventured near Ballochgray to ask his awmous. "I winna gang near that fearfu place, Geordie!" again cried Marion.
At any rate, wait there till we come back, and Get off with you Come, come, weigh anchor." "I thank ye for your awmous," said Ochiltree, pocketing the piece of money; "but I beg your pardon, Mr. Taffril I canna gang your errand e'en now." "Why not, man? what can hinder you?" "I wad speak a word wi' young Mr. Lovel." "With me?" answered Lovel: "what would you say with me?
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