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Updated: May 15, 2025
David Deans had been alarmed at the state of health in which his daughter had returned to her paternal residence; but Jeanie had contrived to divert him from particular and specific inquiry.
Jeanie, crying softly in her corner, made desperate attempts to control herself under the awful look that was at this point concentrated upon her. After a pause the Vicar proceeded, with a spiteful glance at Avery. "It is my intention to impose a holiday-task of sufficient magnitude to keep you all out of mischief during the rest of the holidays.
But Robertson was an angry man when he got that letter, and he said, 'If that was a' the lo'e that Jeanie Burns had for him, to prefer an auld woman's comfort, who was naething to her, to her betrothed husband, she might bide awa' as lang as she pleased, he would never trouble himsel' to write to her again.
It has come ower late!" exclaimed Jeanie, wringing her hands. "No, Jeanie," returned Deans, in the same grave melancholy tone. "She lives in the flesh, and is at freedom from earthly restraint, if she were as much alive in faith, and as free from the bonds of Satan." "The Lord protect us!" said Jeanie. "Can the unhappy bairn hae left you for that villain?"
"I tauld ye what wad come, gentlemen," said the landlady, "an ye wad hae been tauld: get awa' wi' ye out o' my house, and make nae disturbance here there's nae gentleman be disturbed at Jeanie MacAlpine's an she can hinder. A wheen idle English loons, gaun about the country under cloud o' night, and disturbing honest peaceable gentlemen that are drinking their drap drink at the fireside!"
Jeanie returned the embrace with an earnestness that partook almost of rapture, but it was only a flitting emotion, like a sunbeam unexpectedly penetrating betwixt the clouds of a tempest, and obscured almost as soon as visible.
When he was satisfied on this point, had pocketed his money, and had signed a receipt, he addressed David with some little hesitation, "Jeanie wad be writing ye something, gudeman?" "About the siller?" replied David "Nae doubt, she did." "And did she say nae mair about me?" asked the Laird. And so indeed it was, but not to that point which he wished or expected.
Jeanie does her best, and is a great help in many ways. But she is but a child. However," she caught herself up, "I mustn't start grumbling the moment you enter the house. Tell me about yourself, dear! You are looking very pale. Does the heat try you?" "A little," Avery admitted. She was spreading out the small garment on her knee, looking at it critically, with eyes downcast.
"Towards evening she opened her eyes, and beckoned to her sister, who was standing by the bedside, to bend down. "'Jeanie, she whispered, 'do you think it wrong to deceive any one when it's for their own good? "'I don't know, said the girl, in a dry voice; 'I shouldn't think so. Why do you ask?
They worked a while in silence, only looking up occasionally and smiling at each other, or Jean might throw in a hint as to a frill or tucker which must be dealt with in a particular way. Suddenly Jeanie Garland came nearer, a pile of folded linen over her arm. "Have you heard anything of the press-gang at your house, Patsy?"
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