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Ye'll hae the bigger hert to love the Lord wi'. I thocht he wad hae ta'en ye awa' a bairn, afore ever we had seen what ye wad turn oot; and sair wad I hae missed ye, bairn! And a' the sairer that I hae lost auld Tibbie. A man canna do weel withoot some woman or ither to tell him the trowth. I wiss sair that I hadna been sae cankert wi' her, whiles."
"I never heard her say that ye was ever cankert, Thomas." "No, I daursay no. She wadna say't. She wadna say't. She was a kin'-herted auld body." "But she didna like to be ca'd auld," interposed Annie, with a smile half in sad reminiscence of her friend's peculiarities, half in gentle humour, seeking to turn the conversation, and so divert Thomas from further self-accusation.
I kenna what yer sicht may be, and I'm thinkin' I care as little. But weel ken I what the licht is." "Tibbie, dinna be ill-nater'd, like me. Ye hae no call to that same. I'm tryin' to answer your queston. And gin ye interrup' me again, I'll rise an' gang hame." "Say awa', Thamas. Never heed me. I'm some cankert whiles. I ken that weel eneuch." "Ye hae nae business to be cankert, Tibbie?"
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