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But Macgregor's ears caught a faint sound that caused him to grip the other's wrist. 'Wait, he whispered. The helmeted shape came on, looking neither to right nor left, and as it came it sobbed. And it passed within a few yards of them, and into the deeper gloom, sobbing, sobbing. 'Oh, Christ! sighed Willie, shuddering. 'Put yer arm roun' me, Mac. I'm feart.
Maggie had never been so proud as at the moment when he handed her in, awkwardly enough, but with a certain shy respectfulness which she found entirely delicious. He gave the man the address, learned the fare, then came back to the door and handed the girl the necessary money. 'Na! she cried in a panic, 'I'll no gang unless ye come wi' me. I I wud be feart to sit ma lane in the cab.
An' there was a man o' the Western Isles in the crew, and he had the sight, and would be telling o' the woman rising from the sea, and her hair blowing over the yeast o' the waves, and her eyes staring, staring, and the waving of her hand when I was at the tiller; and so bad the weather got, and the sickness among the crew, that the captain swore he would send the woman's man to her, and he lay aft in his cabin, and drank rum till his boy was feart to venture near him; and then he came on deck a fine wild man, all in his finery o' lace and golden earrings, and he called his sailors aft to make choice of the woman's man.
But King Dauvit himsel' was mair fearsome than me wi' blasphemers no' to ca' Margaret yin; but I'm mindin' that the Maister aye took anither way, a better yin, I'm dootin'. An' I'm feart I was mair like Dauvit, for a' I'd raither be like the Maister." "You have the right of it, Archie; He showed us the more excellent way."
"Ye may weel believe," resumed the old woman after a short pause, "at nane o' 's was ower wullin' to sit wi' the corp oor lane, for, as I say, he wasna a comely corp to be a body's lane wi'. Sae auld auntie Jean an' mysel', we agreed 'at we wad tak the thing upo' oorsel's, for, huz twa, we cud lippen til ane anither no to be ower feart to min' 'at there was twa o' 's.
'Ay, Macgregor unwillingly replied, and, with inspiration, added consolingly, 'But it was aye that, Wullie. 'Wha' was chasin' ye? Christina inquired, as Macgregor came breathless to the counter, which she was tidying up for the night. 'I was feart I was gaun to be late. he panted. 'I wud ha'e excused ye under the unique circumstances, she said graciously. 'Sit doon an' recover yer puff.
I had nae sense at all, to be lying beside the horse, and him a kittle brute too; but I'll aye be mindin' ye coorieing ower me, and greetin' for a' that, when the men o' the Seagull were feart tae venture into the stall, being sailors and strange wi' horse."
"A bad unchancy woman; ye'll ken the breed o' them, for they will be sore feart o' clean burn-water, but they'll be coorieing ower a fire a' day, and talking to the black cat, and I had it in my mind to be turning when I saw her, for did she not come into the byre at Dyke-end when the beasts were at their fother, and she stood and she eyed them.
He shivered, rose, and made his way out. Steenie stood in the sunlight waiting for them. 'Why, Steenie, said Gordon, 'you brought me to see your house: why didn't you come in with me? 'Na, na! I'm feart for my feet: this is no my hoose! answered Steenie. 'I'm biggin ane. Kirsty's helpin me: I cudna big a hoose wantin Kirsty! That's what I wud hae ye see, no this ane. This is Kirsty's hoose.
'The beasts and the craps cudna weel du wi' less; and there was aye oor mither to see efter hiz! 'That's true, lassie! I only houp it wasna greed at the hert o' me! At the same time, wha wud I be greedy for but yersels? Weel, and what's it a' aboot? What garred ye come to me aboot Francie? I'm some feart for him whiles, noo 'at he's sae muckle oot o' oor sicht.
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