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'I thought ye never let anybody in that wasn't particularly particular. No foot-passengers eh? 'Hoot, my lord! that's twa year ago. Gin I had jaloosed him to be a fren' o' yer lordship's, forby bein' a lord himsel', ye ken as weel 's I du that I wadna hae sent him ower the gait to Luckie Happit's, whaur he wadna even be ower sure o' gettin' clean sheets.
I was ower swack for 'im; an' awa we rade. 'I didna ken 'at ye cud ride, Shargar. 'Hoots! I cudna help it. I was aye takin' the horse to the watter at The Boar's Heid, or The Royal Oak, or Lucky Happit's, or The Aucht an' Furty. That's hoo I cam to ken Jock sae weel. We war guid eneuch frien's whan I didna care for leein' or sweirin', an' sic like. 'And what on earth did ye want wi' 'im noo?
She stuffed his pockets with sweet biscuits instead, dismissed him in haste, and rang the bell. 'Meg, whaur hae they putten the stranger-leddy? 'She's no gaein' to bide at our hoose, mem. 'What say ye, lass? She's never gaein' ower to Lucky Happit's, is she? 'Ow na, mem. She's a leddy, ilka inch o' her. But I doobt there'll be maist three barrowfu's o' them. 'Atweel. Ye can gang.
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