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Updated: May 15, 2025
Where did you get the £2,000?" "I borrowed it." "Then I hope 'the party' looked weel into the business." "They did not. It was loaned to me on my simple representation." "'Simple representation! Vera simple! It was some woman, dootless." "It was my mother's aunt, Lady Brith." "Ou, ay! I kent it.
Then mindful of Maggie's good name, and of the fact that their betrothal was unknown, he said, with as much of his old manner as he could assume, "What has come to the Promoters? I hope some good fortune?" "I hope that, too; but there's nane can say, if it be good or ill. Davie, you will dootless hae heard tell o'?" "I have heard nothing from him for two years."
Dootless, they're at the root o' the danger o' yer bonny barony o' Coberston. By the rood! I wish I had a dash at their big curches." "Ay, Will," responded Traquair; "but they're securely lodged in their strong Parliament House, and the difficulty is how to get at them." "But I fancy ane o' the lurdons will satisfy yer Lordship," said Will, "or do ye want them a' lodged in Græme's Tower?
Evidently these brought her the comfort she sought, for erelong she rose, saying softly to herself, "The lost bit o' siller was found, and the strayed sheep was come up wi', and the prodigal won hame again, and dootless, dootless, my ain dear lad will no be lost sight o'." By this time the storm had broken, but Mysie was not uneasy.
And now, my lord, if your business or pleasure calls you to the ordinary, or anywhere in the direction of the city why, have with you; for, dootless, ye will think ye have tarried lang enough in the Park, as they will likely turn at the head of the walk, and return this way and you have a broad hint, I think, not to cross the Prince's presence in a hurry."
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