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Why! ye said to yersel', soodenly, 'Why! A'll gi' him a box o' seegairs sent to me by ma rich uncle fra' Glasgae !" "You can have two cigars, Tam I'll see you to the devil before I give you any more I only had fifty in the first place."
Seeing that her eyes followed the direction of his with a forbidding frown, he said tentatively, "Ye didn' didna " "What?" snapped Baubie crossly: she divined his meaning exactly. "Come awa' wi' ye!" she ordered, facing right round countryward. "We'll gae awa' til Glasgae, Baubie, eh? I'm thinkin' to yer auntie's.
We hae to dra' the line somewhere, and I dra' it low enough, but she wis far below that. Eh, she's jist terrible! Wishart has a sister in Glasgae verra weel to do, an' I h'ard him say he'd gie the lassie to her if it wer na for the wife.
Every fiber in ma body, includin' ma suspenders, is tense wi' rage an' horror." "A cigar, Tam?" "No, thank ye, sir-r," said Tam, waving aside the proffered case and extracting two cigars in one motion. "Well, perhaps A'd better. A've run oot o' seegairs, an' the thoosand A' ordered frae ma Glasgae factor hae been sunk by enemy action this is no' a bad seegair, Captain Blackie, sir-r.
It seemed to take some time for his brain to realize all the meaning of her pregnant speech. "Ay," he said after a while, and with an effort, "I maun tak' ye to Glasgae, to yer aunt. Ye'll be pit in schuil if yer caught." "I'll no bide," observed Baubie, finishing off her onion with a grimace.
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