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Updated: June 22, 2025
Donal was across in a moment, for here the water was nowhere over a foot or two in depth. "Oh, Donal! you've wet your feet!" cried Ginevra. Donal laughed. "What ill 'ill that dee me, mem?" "None, I hope," said Ginny; "but it might, you know." "I micht hae been droont," said Donal. "Nicie," said Ginny, with dignity, "your brother is laughing at me." "Na, na, mem," said Donal, apologetically.
Ay, he tellt her aboot me, an' hoo I had gane and droont mysel'. I could hear 'maist ilka word 'at he said; for ye see the flurin' here 's no verra soon', and I was jist 'at I cudna help hearkenin'. My lord's aff the nicht, as I tell ye. It's a queer gait, but a quaiet, he thinks, nae doobt. Gin onybody wad but tell her hoo mony een the baron's made sair wi' greitin'!
Then he turned to his two younger children. "Bairns," he said, "Annie Anderson's droont. Ay, she's droont," he continued, as they stared at him with frightened faces. "The Almichty's taen vengeance upon her for her disobedience, and for brackin' the Sawbath. See what ye'll come to, bairns, gin ye tak up wi' ill loons, and dinna min' what's said to ye. She's come to an ill hinner-en'?"
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