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She could only say to her-self 'And folk ca's him half-wuttit, div they! Weel, lat them! Gien he be half-wuttit, the Lord's made up the ither half wi' better! And, eh, sic a bonny reid and white as it was! And better yet I likit to see yon hert-brakin luik o' the lost are weirin aye awa and awa till 't was clean gane!
'It wad ill become us, ony gait, said her father, 'nae to gie him shelter for your sake, Mrs. Faukner, no to mention ither names, sin' it's yer wull to mak the puir lad ane o' the family. They say his ain mither's run awa' an' left him. ''Deed she's dune that. 'Can ye mak onything o' 'im? 'He's douce eneuch. An' Robert says he does nae that ill at the schuil. 'Weel, jist fess him wi' ye.
We were still standin' opposite each ither he wi' his knife and me wi' the stick when the general he cam up the drive and foond us. Tae my surprise he began tae talk tae the stranger as if he'd kenned him a' his days. "Put your knife in your pocket, Corporal," says he. "Your fears have turned your brain." "Blood an' wounds!" says the other.
We'll hae some place or ither to put him intil, gin it suld be only a shak'-doon upo' the flure. 'Na, na. There's the schuilin' what's to be dune wi' that? 'Deed, mem, ye maun jist come for the sake o' the auld frien'ship atween the faimilies. 'Weel, gin it maun be sae, it maun be sae, yielded Mrs. Falconer, with a sigh. She had not left her own house for a single night for ten years.
"That micht hae been written for me, Paitrick, or ony ither auld sinner that hes feenished his life, an' hes naethin' tae say for himsel'. "It wesna easy for me tae get tae kirk, but a' cud hae managed wi' a stretch, an' a' used langidge a' sudna, an' a' micht hae been gentler, and not been so short in the temper. A' see't a' noo.
Weemin can beat them in mony weys, I admit; but, for doonricht selfishness, come your wa's! There's been great gaitherin's in oor washin'-hoose this while back "Nochties-an'-Broziana," Bandy Wobster ca'd the meetin's to Sandy. The ither Wedensday i' the forenicht the shop was shut i' the efternune, of coorse; I'm a great believer i' the half-holiday, you see. I think it's a capital idea.
He'd been sittin' ben the hoose wi' his book croonin' awa' till himsel' aboot Rooshya bein' boundit on the north by the White Sea, an' on the sooth by the Black Sea, an' some ither wey by the Tooral-ooral mountains or something, an' he cam' ben an' handed me his geog, as he ca'd it, to see if he had a' this palaver on his tongue.
"'Fear not, cam a voice, clear and strong like the sound o' a trumpet 'fear not to leap across this gulf. Faith an' a brave heart will carry thee safely to this side. Come. And she beckoned wi' her hand. "The lad set his horse to the leap. One moment an' he was i' the air, anither an' he was safe upo' the ither side.
"It's a' true ye say," responded Margaret; "and weel it pleases me to hear your guid opinion o' my son. He has a wark wi' the lassie already, if I'm no far deceived; for ony time when she comes owre to our house, I've remarkit that he's aye kinder to her than to ony ither body. But there's a proverb that says, 'young wives seldom like auld guidmithers' and that's what troubles me."
"That's just the way wi' a' young folk," said Nelly, still laughing; "the lad thinks the lass has some ither body that she likes better than him, and the lass thinks the lad pays mair attention to anither than he does to her; she daurna say a word unless she maybe tak the dorts and misca him; he hesitates to speak for fear he should be refused; and between them they aften contrive to torment ane anither for years, when twa words micht settle the matter, and mak them baith happy.
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