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She folded it and put it in the pocket of her dress. Then turned to go and stopped at the door. "One thing more," she added. "Do you know Mrs. Glenarm's present address?" "Ye're no' reely going to Mistress Glenarm?" "That is no concern of yours. You can answer my question or not, as you please." "Eh, my leddy! yer temper's no' what it used to be in the auld times at the hottle.
"And I tauld you," answered Mr. Bishopriggs, "that I wadna come in without knocking first. Eh, man!" he went on, dismissing his second in command, and laying the cloth with his own venerable hands, "d'ye think I've lived in this hottle in blinded eegnorance of hoo young married couples pass the time when they're left to themselves?
"Mercy presairve us!" he exclaimed, in the most innocent manner. "Is it even You Yersel' that writ the letter to the man ca'ed Jaffray Delamayn, and got the wee bit answer in pencil on the blank page? Hoo, in Heeven's name, was I to know that was the letter ye were after when ye cam' in here? Did ye ever tell me ye were Anne Silvester, at the hottle? Never ance!
In despair of knowing what else to do at the moment, Arnold asked for the landlady, whom he had not seen on arriving at the inn. "The landleddy's just tottin' up the ledgers o' the hottle in her ain room," answered Mr. Bishopriggs. "She'll be here anon the wearyful woman! speerin' who ye are and what ye are, and takin' a' the business o' the hoose on her ain pair o' shouthers."
But all they could do now was to go ahead, fare as they might. Henry Hill still had a conscience, and at every draft from the hottle it lashed him harder, but he mistook it for Austin's accusing thoughts.
"Bide a wee! There's ane o' them has drawn bridle at the hottle, and he's speerin' after the leddy that cam' here alane. The leddy's your leddy, as sure as saxpence. I doot," said Mr. Bishopriggs, walking away to the window, "that's what ye've got to do with it." Arnold looked at Anne. "Do you expect any body?" "Is it Geoffrey?" "Impossible. Geoffrey is on his way to London."
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