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"We daurna fling 't i' the fire. "Na, na. Lat ye 't sit," returned Mr Cupples. "I wad be clean affrontit gin I cudna see and forbear. Ye may jist pit it into the press though. A body needna lay burdens grievous to be borne upo' himsel' mair nor upo' ither fowk. Noo, lat's hae a game o' cribbage, to haud's ohn thocht aboot it." They played two or three games.
"Come in an' rist yersel' a bit, an' I s' tak ye back on to yer ain property an easier gait nor ower a dry stane-dyke." "Gien it BE my property," returned his lordship, "I wad be obleeged to ye, laird, to haud yer fowk aff o' 't!" "Grizzie, wuman," said the laird, turning to her, "ye dinna surely want to bring me to disgrace!
Deith canna weel be muckle like onything we think aboot it; but there maun surely be a heap o' fowk unco dreary an' fusionless i' the warl' deith taks us til; an' the mair I think aboot it, the mair likly it seems we'll hae a heap to du wi' them a sair wark tryin' to lat them ken what they are, an' whaur they cam frae, an' hoo they maun gang to win hame for deith can no more be yer hame nor a sair fa' upo' the ro'd be yer bed.
And syne he played them again aboot aucht o'clock at nicht, to lat them ken 'at it was time for dacent fowk to gang to their beds. Ye see, there wasna sae mony clocks and watches by half than as there is noo. 'Was he a guid piper, grannie? 'What for speir ye that? 'Because I tauld that sunk, Lumley 'Ca' naebody names, Robert. But what richt had ye to be speikin' to a man like that?
"Hech, cratur! but ye maun be come o' fechtin' fowk!" said Donal, regarding him with fresh admiration. Gibbie laughed; but he had been sorely put to it, and the big drops were coursing fast down his sweet face. Donal took the club from him, and rushing at Hornie, belaboured her well, and drove her quite to the other side of the field.
"Wha was sayin' onything aboot merryin' or giein' in merriage, Robert? Is that to say 'at you an' me's to be no more to ane anither nor ither fowk? Nor it's no to say 'at, 'cause merriage is no the w'y o' the country, 'at there's to be naething better i' the place o' 't." "What garred the Maister say onything aboot it than?" "A body micht think it wad be left to hersel' to say," suggested Robert.
"A good story, and well told," said the marquis kindly. "Don't you think so, Florimel?" "Yes, papa," Lady Florimel answered; "only he kept us waiting too long for the end of it." "Some fowk, my leddy," said Malcolm, "wad aye be at the hin'er en' o' a'thing. But for mysel', the mair pleased I was to be gaein' ony gait, the mair I wad spin oot the ro'd till 't."
In Parliament Street he was looking about for a cab as they walked on, when a man he did not know, stopped, touched his hat, and addressed him. 'I'm thinkin', sir, ye'll be sair wantit at hame the nicht It wad be better to gang at ance, an' lat the puir fowk luik efter themsels for ae nicht. 'I'm sorry I dinna ken ye, man. Do ye ken me? 'Fine that, Mr. Falconer.
"D'ye think I'm catchin' them for fun, or to gie them a change o' air for their healths, like fine fowk that come frae Embro'!" "Andra, I will not allow " Winsome began, who felt that on the ground of Craig Ronald a guest of her grandmother's should be respected.
'What maks me your fowk, Steenie? she rejoined. 'That's easy to tell! It's 'cause we hae the same father and mither; I hae aye kenned that! answered Steenie with a laugh. She had been trying to puzzle him, he thought, but had failed! 'Weel, the bonny man and you and me, we hae a' the same father: that's what maks us his ain fowk! Ye see noo? 'Ay, I see!
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