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There, there, there lyes Cupid's fire! Mrs. Touchstone. Gertrud. I by my faith, I warrant him; hee gives no other milke, as I have another servant does. Mrs. Touchstone. Ahlas! 'tis eene pittie meethinks; for God's sake, madam, buy him but a hobbie horse; let the poore youth have something betwixt his legges to ease 'hem. Alas! we must doe as we would be done too.
They had now descended the broad loaning, which, winding round the foot of the steep bank, or heugh, brought them in front of the thatched, but comfortable, farm-house, which was the dwelling of Hobbie Elliot and his family. The doorway was thronged with joyful faces; but the appearance of a stranger blunted many a gibe which had been prepared on Hobbie's lack of success in the deer-stalking.
I thought it best to slip out quietly though, in case she should mislippen something of what we're gaun to do we maunna vex her at nae rate it was amaist the last word my father said to me on his deathbed." "By no means, Hobbie," said Earnscliff; "she well merits all your attention." "Troth, for that matter, she would be as sair vexed amaist for you as for me.
"If I thought as you do, Hobbie," said the young gentleman, "I would not perhaps enquire farther into this business; but as I am of opinion that preternatural visitations are either ceased altogether, or become very rare in our days, I am unwilling to leave a matter uninvestigated which may concern the life of a poor distracted being."
You know the man by report at least; he is more a collector than a bookseller, though poor; and I verily believe that he would sell all his children Douglas Bell, Percy Bell, Hobbie Bell, and Kinmont Bell "for a song." Ballads are his foible, and he can hardly be made to part with one of the broadsides in his broken portfolios. However, I am delaying your natural eagerness.
"Very true, billies, and my blood was e'en boiling at it; but the sight o' Grace Armstrong has settled it brawly." "But the stocking, Hobbie'" said John Elliot; "we're utterly ruined. Harry and I hae been to gather what was on the outby land, and there's scarce a cloot left. I kenna how we're to carry on We maun a' gang to the wars, I think.
But Willie's lowland bred, poor fallow, and soon frighted for himsell And, for the worricows, were we to meet ane on this very bit " "As is not unlikely," said young Earnscliff, "for there stands your old witch, Hobbie."
"Many thanks, Hobbie," answered Earnscliff; "but I hope we shall have no war of so unnatural and unchristian a kind in our time." "Hout, sir, hout," replied Elliot; "it wad be but a wee bit neighbour war, and Heaven and earth would make allowances for it in this uncultivated place it's just the nature o' the folk and the land we canna live quiet like Loudon folk we haena sae muckle to do.
Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward. "The fiend founder thee!" said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; "thou art like a' the rest o' them.
"Have with you then, friend Hobbie," said the young hunter; "and as I would not willingly have either the servants be anxious, or puss forfeit her supper, in my absence, I'll be obliged to you to send the boy as you propose." "Aweel, that IS kind, I must say. And ye'll gae hame to Heugh-foot? They'll be right blithe to see you, that will they."
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