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'Ye hardly gae him time to tell me, grannie. Ye frichtit him. 'Me fricht him! What for suld I fricht him, laddie? The old lady turned with visible, though by no means profound offence upon her calm forehead, and walking back into her parlour, where Robert could see the fire burning right cheerily, shut the door, and left him and Betty standing together in the transe.
Nor was she long left in suspense; for Jock himself soon came in for his dinner, and the girl exclaimed "Losh, Jock, I'm glad I've seen ye, for, if ye hadna come in, I would forgotten to tell ye that I saw Lizzie last nicht, and when I telled her that I was comin owre here on the morn, and that I would maybe see you, she bade me be sure to speer if ye had gotten ony fricht wi' the witches about the glen, or if ye was feared for the croupie craws fleein awa wi' ye after it was dark, that ye never cam owre to see your auld acquaintances about Abernethy noo!"
It was harvest time, and the moon was filling the room with cold clear light. From my bed I could see the stooks standing in rows upon the field, and it seemed like the judgment day. "I was only a wee laddie, and I did what we all do in trouble, I cried for my mother. "Ye hae na forgotten, mither, the fricht that was on me that nicht."
'Oh, I payed no attention. Syne the laird cam' himsel. 'Ay, that would fricht ye, he says. 'No, no a grain, said Jock, verra calm. 'I just payed no attention, and here I am." Lewis laughed, but the rest of the audience suffered no change of feature. The gloaming bad darkened, and the little small-paned window was a fretted sheet of dark and lucent blue.
But, if ye like, Ise try to keep sicht o' ye; and, if ye like too, we'll gang hame afore it's late, for it wad vex me sair to see you spendin your siller unwordily, and still sairer to hear tell o' ye gettin ony fricht about the glen. Sae, if ye think me worth your while, we can gang hame thegither, and I'll tak your arm after we're on the road.
I'll never trouble ye nae mair, an' whether ye grant me my prayer or no, ye'll never see me again. The only differ 'ill be 'at I'll aither hing my heid or haud it up for the rest o' my days. I wad fain ken 'at I wasna despised, an' 'at maybe gien things had been different, but na, I dinna mean that; I mean naething 'at wad fricht ye frae what I wad hae.
I'm only jist come, an' I've seen naebody." "Go and tell Mrs. Courthope I want Soutar. You'll find her crying somewhere the old chicken! because I swore at her. What harm could that do the old goose?" "It'll be mair for love o' yer lordship than fricht at the sweirin', my lord." "You think so? Why should she care? Go and tell her I'm sorry. But really she ought to be used to me by this time.
She saw the licht in the window, and she cried, 'Hie, you billies in the windmill, the sojers is coming! I fell in a fricht, but the other man opened the door, and again she cries, 'The sojers is coming; quick, or you'll be ta'en. At that the other man up wi' his bonnet and ran, but I didna make off so smart." "You had to pick yourself up first," suggested the officer.
"You'd hardly ken her," she went on. "She's that thin and white and faur gane lookin', forby havin' a boast that wad fricht you. Puir lassie, I was vexed for her an' Matthew too is gey upset aboot it. Dae you ken, Rob, I believe they mun be gey hard gruppit. Wi' Matthew being off work, and John deein' an' a' the ither troubles they had this while, I think they canna be ower weel off."
"It was juist this time laist year that he cam here on his elder's veesitation, and he catches the bairn in this verra kitchen. "'Elspeth, says he it was Elsie the day, ye mind 'div ye ken that ye're an oreeginal sinner? "It was nichtfa' afore she got over the fricht, and when she saw him on the road next Sabbath, she cooried in ahint ma goon, and cried till I thocht her hert wud break.
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