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Tom offered no opposition at the time, but he afterwards bartered with Hercus for it, giving him in exchange two of the ingots of silver and the coat of mail which subsequently fell to his share. The sword and the coat of mail being apportioned to Hercus and Kinlay, I then gave the bronze belt to Rosson, and took for myself some pieces of armour and a fragment of a shield.
You have done nothing at all, my dear sir. We only want you to come to Kirkwall as a witness in the case of assault 'Kinlay versus Paterson' to be tried today at Kirkwall." "Oh! then, if that's all, I'm here," said Captain Miller, coming in from the pantry and adjusting his coat.
"Queer place to look for a lass, that, I must say! But how did you get there if you did not go round with Kinlay?" "I climbed down the cliff, sir." "Come, come, none of your nonsense!" said the officer. "Don't tell me you climbed down that cliff. I know it's impossible." "It's not impossible," I rejoined, "for I have climbed it many a time before."
Even the twittering of the sparrows on the quaint housetops seemed less noisy than usual, and the women who stood in groups in the narrow street, with their clean mutch caps, their crimson hubbie jackets and coarse blue gowns, suppressed their voices almost into whispers as they talked of the growing quarrel between my father and his new rival, Carver Kinlay.
Do you not know that she is our pilot boat?" asked the bailie. "On the highest authority, Mr. Duke the Queen's," replied the lieutenant. "If Kinlay was your pilot, then all the greater was his offence. His men must suffer the penalty for their crime, and I suppose the port must just appoint another pilot, that's all." "His men must suffer, you say?" said Mr. Duke, not understanding.
I need hardly say that my quarrel with Kinlay did in no wise alter the friendship that existed between Thora and me. I had for her a fondness which Tom's bullying and tyranny had no power to diminish. Thora, indeed, was a girl whom none except those who were influenced by envy could help admiring. She was the favourite of all the school, and amongst us, her only enemy was her brother.
The stone was considered worthless, except for the little band of metal with which it was clasped. "'Deed you'll do nothing of the kind," objected Kinlay. "What for should Hercus take all?" "Well, well," I said, somewhat ruffled, I admit, at Tom's greed, "you needn't be so sulky. Take you and divide the things. You'll not do it any fairer."
Kinlay winced visibly under this taunting speech of the trading captain. Evidently he had mistaken his man in supposing that Flett would descend to his own level, and aid in promoting the nefarious traffic he suggested. Davie Flett's intimate knowledge of the Orcadians, and the nature of his commerce with them, would certainly have made it easy for him to do a considerable retail trade.
On the Sunday evening at Lyndardy, while the storm still beat upon the land, Colin sat with us round the fireside and smoked with my uncle Mansie. The talk drifted round to the subject of Carver Kinlay, whose new boat was to be brought from Kirkwall that week. My uncle did not know for what purpose that new boat was built. Kinlay was a man who had no settled occupation outside his farm.
Duke," said Andrew. "She is the daughter of this Mr. Quendale, the owner of the wrecked ship." "Indeed! You believe that, Andrew?" "I firmly believe it." "Had we not better send for Mrs. Kinlay, to hear what she has to say on the matter?" said Mr. Duke. "Mrs. Kinlay is dangerously ill. However, I was at Crua Breck yesterday and saw her.
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