good-moarning

Updated: May 3, 2025

But even that afforded matter for pleasing speculation which often lasted half an hour. It was about nine o'clock when Gourlay and Gilmour quarrelled in the yard, and that was the hour when the bodies forgathered for their morning dram. "Good-moarning, Mr. Wylie!" said the Provost. When the Provost wished you good-morning, with a heavy civic eye, you felt sure it was going to be good.

George Douglas Brown - The House with the Green Shutters