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But for some years I have made my home with your folk, and I call myself Alexander Nicholson, which is the English form. Who told you about Alexis? "Give me your hand," said Dickson shamefacedly. "Man, she's been looking for you for weeks. You're terribly behind the fair." "She!" he cried. "For God's sake, tell me what you mean." "Ay, she the Princess. But what are we havering here for?
"'My father's awa buying a fishing-boat, you insisted; 'and when I speir at my mother whaur my first father is, she says I'm havering. "'Gavin Ogilvy is your name, I said. 'No, you answered, 'I have a new name. My mother telled me my name is aye to be Gavin Dishart now.
He was the great hand with the lassies by all accounts, Hugh, and many's the time his mother would be havering about them, but that man, my uncle, would wink as though he would be amused.
It was only two days ago she lent her aid to her grandfather when he was havering about toleration, and before all was done she spoke lightly of the contendings of God's remnant in this land, and said that if they had the upper hand Scotland would not be fit to live in. So far as I can see she has no ill-will to you, Mr. Henry, and has never said aught against you.
There may be a possibeelity for the Gourlays in the youngster yet!" He would have said more, but at that moment his sonsy big wife came out, with oh, such a roguish and kindly smile, and, "Tom, Tom," said she, "what are ye havering here for? C'way in, man, and have a dish o' tea wi' me!"
We'll have all the men-folk too havering round to see which of 'em may have the honor of ruining himself for my fine lady. And I'll not have it, I tell ye. I'll not have my house turned into a fair, with madam there as the show. Life! what do I want with 'life' about me, or you either, Emmanuel?
A wedding, it seems to me, will be waking the devil of speech in all women, and old Betty would be havering like all that. "What would I be telling ye?" she would say. "Has he not had the wale of all the weemen, and never the wan could be keeping him but you.
His intellect, that seemed to have burned dim and through smoke in scenes unfamiliar to its exercise, rose at once equal to the occasion. His words reassured the most despondent. His orders were prompt and decisive. While, to and fro, went forth his bodes and his riders, he himself leaped on his horse, and rode fast to Havering.
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