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'Ay, returned Steenie; 'I ken she wasna wiselike, sic as you and my mither. She needit a heap o' luikin efter, as ye said. 'And wi' haein to luik efter her, he kenned that the thouchts that troubled ye wudna sae weel win in, and wud learn to bide oot. Jist luik at ye noo! See hoo ye hae learnt to luik efter yersel!
'I'm sae sure o' haein' 't back again, ye ken, wi' interest, returned Mrs. Falconer. 'Hoo's that? His father winna con ye ony thanks for haudin' him in life. 'He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord, ye ken, Miss Lammie. 'Atweel, gin ye like to lippen to that bank, nae doobt ae way or anither it'll gang to yer accoont, said Miss Lammie.
But, troth, what wi' the rheumatics, an' an' the din o' the rottans, we s' ca' 't, mony's the nicht I gang to nae bed ava'; an' to hae the yoong laird sleepin' i' my bed, an' me keepin' watch ower 'im,'ill be jist like haein' an angel i' the hoose to luik efter. I'll be somebody again for ae nicht, I can tell ye!
Gie Him no rist, day nor nicht, till ye get it. Knock, knock, knock, till it be opened till ye." "Weel, Thomas, ye dinna seem sae happy yersel', efter a'. Dinna ye think ye may be like ane that's tryin' to see the face o' whilk ye speyk throu a crack i' the door, in place o' haein patience till it's opened?" But the suggestion was quite lost upon Thomas, who, after a gloomy pause, went on.
That's what comes o' haein' no feelin's. Ither fowk wad ha'e gotten rid o' her half a score years sin' syne." Malcolm had not yet, after all the health giving of the voyage, entirely recovered from the effects of the ill compounded potion.
Ye may speyk to my lady there as ye wad to mysel' an' better, haein' the hert o' a wuman." Lizzy blushed a deep red, and dared but the glimmer of a glance at Clementina, but there was only shame, no annoyance in her face. "Ye winna repent it, Lizzy," concluded Malcolm, and turned away.
I dinna ken what use thae soshilist triangles an' ither feelimageeries like hen's taes are genna be to you, but I howp they'll no' be learnin' ye to gie fowk jimp wecht, or it'll juist be the ruin o' your trade. I've nae objections to you haein' a hobby; but shurely you cud get a better ane gin a lot o' thae blethers o' Bandy Wobster's.
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