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Wha wad hae thought but mysell of making a bolt of my ain back-bane? But it's no sae strong as thae that I hae seen in the Tolbooth at Edinburgh. The hammermen of Edinburgh are to my mind afore the warld for making stancheons, ring-bolts, fetter-bolts, bars, and locks. And they arena that bad at girdles for carcakes neither, though the Cu'ross hammermen have the gree for that.
Wha wad hae thought but mysell of making a bolt of my ain back-bane? But it's no sae strong as thae that I hae seen in the Tolbooth at Edinburgh. The hammermen of Edinburgh are to my mind afore the warld for making stancheons, ring-bolts, fetter-bolts, bars, and locks. And they arena that bad at girdles for carcakes neither, though the Cu'ross hammermen have the gree for that.
Eh, the fowth o' fushionless beggars I hae seen come to me like yersel'! Ow ay! it was aye wark they wad hae! an' cudna du mair nor a flee amo' triacle! What coonty are ye frae, wi' the lang legs an' the lang back-bane o' ye?" Cosmo told him. The hands of the old man rose from his sides, and made right angles of his elbows. "Weel," he said slowly, "that's no an ill coonty to come frae.
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