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But he always said he'd never had a chance. He talked of how if one gie a dog a bad name one micht as well droon him and ha' done. And we believed in him enow to think he micht be richt, and that if he had the chance he'd settle doon and be a gude man enow." He' ye no heard that tale before? The man who's never had a chance! I know a thousand men like that.
Ye needna think you had onything to dae wi' it, said Willie. 'Ye've been drinkin' beer, his friend remarked, not accusingly, but merely by way of stating a fact. 'So wud you, if ye had ma aunt. 'Maybe I wud, Macgregor sympathetically admitted. 'But ye couldna droon her in twa hauf pints. Ach, I'm fed up wi' her.
"Ay, sir, but he winned the game, an' that's aye a loss for Geordie; he aye tak's himsel' to the tavern when he wins. Oh, sir, ma hairt's fair broken; it's a twalmonth this verra nicht sin' oor wee Jessie dee'd, an' I was aye lippenin' to that to bring him till himsel'; but he seems waur nor ever he seeks to droon his sorrow wi' the drink."
Charlie, lad, they're a' drunk in yon schooner, a' dozened wi' drink. They were a' drunk in the Christ- Anna, at the hinder end. There's nane could droon at sea wantin' the brandy. Hoot awa, what do you ken? with a sudden blast of anger. 'I tell ye, it cannae be; they droon withoot it. Ha'e, holding out the bottle, 'tak' a sowp.
Charlie lad, they're a' drunk in yon schooner, a' dozened wi' drink. They were a' drunk in the Christ-Anna, at the hinder end. There's nane could droon at sea wantin' the brandy. Hoot awa, what do you ken?" with a sudden blast of anger. "I tell ye, it canna be; they daurna droon without it. Hae," holding out the bottle, "tak' a sowp."
"Na," said Gavin, absently, "she'll no' hae nocht to dae wi' onybody in the way o' love hae anither, Andra. Dinna droon the miller. Wad we no' hae been fules to tak champagne? It wad hae been a' dune by noo." Then Gavin stood erect, motioning to Andrew to do the same.
Noo, ye'll not droon, an', as ye're so wet already, why don't ye wade ower and get the oar while ye're there?" He was richt, heartless though I thought him. So I waded over to where the oar rested on the surface of the water, as if it were grinning at me. It was tricksy work.
Jocky an' Jeamy an' Tammy oot there, A' i' the boatie gaed doon; An' I'm ower auld to fish ony mair, An' I hinna the chance to droon. An' it's oh to win awa', awa'! &c. An' Jeanie she grat to ease her hert, An' she easit hersel' awa' But I'm ower auld for the tears to stert, An' sae the sighs maun blaw. An' it's oh to win awa', awa'! &c.
Ye should hae gin ten pund sterling apiece for the coos, and not twenty-sen and saxpence. It's a pity yer brither, and Thacker, and MacFarlane are no here the nicht, and we'd droon them, too."
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