david-balfourship

Updated: August 16, 2026

I exclaimed. "That I do, Mr. David, and will never tell," said she. "Why that?" I asked. "Well," she said, "I am a good friend, as you will soon discover; and the chief of those that I am a friend to is my papa. I assure you, you will never heat nor melt me out of that, so you may spare me your sheep's eyes; and adieu to your David-Balfourship for the now."

Robert Louis Stevenson - David Balfour, Second Part : Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona

I exclaimed. "That I do, Mr. David, and will never tell," said she. "Why that?" I asked. "Well," she said, "I am a good friend, as you will soon discover; and the chief of those that I am friend to is my papa. I assure you, you will never heat nor melt me out of that, so you may spare me your sheep's eyes; and adieu to your David-Balfourship for the now."

Robert Louis Stevenson - The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 11

I exclaimed. "That I do, Mr. David, and will never tell," said she. "Why that?" I asked. "Well," she said, "I am a good friend, as you will soon discover; and the chief of those that I am friend to is my papa. I assure you, you will never heat nor melt me out of that, so you may spare me your sheep's eyes; and adieu to your David-Balfourship for the now."

Robert Louis Stevenson - Catriona