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And I fleyt at them, and threepit it was my son; and they damned and swuir at me that it was the auld rebel, as the villains ca'd his Honour; and Davie was in the wood, and heard the tuilzie, and he, just out o' his ain head, got up the auld grey mantle that his Honour had flung off him to gang the faster, and he cam out o' the very same bit o' the wood, majoring and looking about sae like his Honour, that they were clean beguiled, and thought they had letten aff their gun at crack- brained Sawney, as they ca' him; and they gae me saxpence, and twa saumon fish, to say naething about it.
"It's ower late for ye to gang hame yer lane, dawtie," said the old man. "I'm nae that fleyt," answered Annie. "Weel, gin ye walk wi' Him, the mirk'll be licht aboot ye," said he, taking off his Highland bonnet, and looking up with a silent recognition of the care of Him. "Be a gude lass," he resumed, replacing his bonnet, "an' rin hame as fest's ye can. Gude nicht to ye, dawtie."
'That's my ain Steenie! answered Kirsty. 'Maybe the bonny man cudna be aye comin to ye himsel, haein ither fowk a heap to luik til, and sae sent Phemy to lat ye ken what he would hae o' ye. Noo 'at ye hae begun, ye'll be growin mair and mair like ither fowk. 'Eh, but ye fleg me! I may grow ower like ither fowk! I maun awa oot, Kirsty! I'm growin fleyt.
The hole's bigger noo, for a' the decay o' the castel has taen to slidin' oot at it, an' doobtless it'll spread an' spread till the haill structur vainishes; at least sae they say, my lord; but I wad hae a try at the haudin' o' 't thegither for a' that. I dinna see 'at the deil sud hae 't a' his ain gait, as gien we war a' fleyt at him.
"I imagine it's connected with somebody else's grouse or partridges, but that's not my business. You'll be a shilling or two richer if you show me the way." "Then the sooner I'm finished here, the sooner we'll be off, though I doot we hae fleyt the paltrig. Bide ye by the whinns, and when ye see me at the dyke come forrad with the net. If I lift my airm, ye'll stop."
It was a rough way for some little distance, but at length they reached the hard wet sand, and the marquis would have stopped to take breath; but Malcolm was uneasy, and hurried them on. "What are you frightened at now?" asked his lordship. "Naething," answered Malcolm, adding to himself however, "I 'm fleyt at naethin' I 'm fleyt for the laird." As they approached the tunnel, he fell behind.
"I didna ken ye had onybody up the stair. Wha's Mr Cupples?" "Weel, he kens that best himsel! But he's a gey queer ane. He's a terrible scholar though, fowk says gran' at the Greek, and rael bonny on the mathewmawtics. "I'm easy fleyt," said Alec, with a laugh. "But I wad like to see him." "Gang up, than, and chap at the garret door upo' yer left han'."
"It's an elrische kin o' a thing to wauk up i' the mirk mids, wi' a deid corp aside ye! No 'at even yet I gie her up for deid! but I canna help feelin some eerie like no to say fleyt! Bide, man, and see the nicht oot wi' 's, and gie yer mither and me some hert o' grace." James had little inclination to add another to the party, and began to murmur something about his housekeeper.
Florimel grasped Malcolm's arm: the face had passed close to hers only the grating between, and the cry cut through the thunder like a knife. Instinctively, almost unconsciously, he threw his arm around her, to shield her from her own terror. "Dinna be fleyt, my leddy," he said. "It's naething but the mad laird.
'I wud hae been fleyt mysel, wantin my swoord, and kennin nae God to trust til! Ye maun learn to ken him, Francie, and syne ye'll be feart at naething! After that, his memory was only of utterly confused shapes, many of which must have been fancies.
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