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Robert had not hitherto understood it this wail of a pastoral and ploughing people over those who had left their side to return no more from the field of battle. But Mr. Lammie's description of his grandfather's rendering laid hold of his heart. 'I wad raither be grutten for nor kissed, said he, simply. 'Haud ye to that, my lad, returned Mr. Lammie.
Shargar took the string from the bag. 'Sic a sicht o' twine! What paid ye for 't? 'A shillin'. 'Whaur got ye the shillin'? 'Mr. Lammie gae 't to Robert. 'I winna hae ye tak siller frae naebody. It's ill mainners. Hae! said the old lady, putting her hand in her pocket, and taking out a shilling. 'Hae, she said. 'Gie Mr.
'Dinna leemit the Almichty, wuman and that i' the verra moment whan he's been to hiz I wunna say mair gracious nor ord'nar, for that cudna be but whan he's latten us see a bit plainer nor common that he is gracious! The Lord o' mercy 'ill manage to luik efter the lammie he made, ae w'y or ither, there as here.
She sat with her feet on the little wooden stool, and Robert sat beside her staring into the fire, till they heard the outer door open, and Shargar and Betty come in from church. Early on the following morning, while Mrs. Falconer, Robert, and Shargar were at breakfast, Mr. Lammie came. He had delayed communicating the intelligence he had received till he should be more certain of its truth.
Up-stairs she went, murmuring tender words to her "wee birdie," her "bonny lammie," her "little gentle dove," more than repaid for all her weariness and care, by the fond nestling of the little head upon her bosom; for her love, which was more a mother's than a sister's, made the burden light. The house was quiet at last.
Lammie was much occupied with his farm affairs, anxious to get his harvest in as quickly as possible, because a change of weather was to be dreaded; so the doctor was left a good deal to himself. He was fond of wandering about, but, thoughtful as he was, did not object to the companionship which Robert implicitly offered him: before many hours were over, the two were friends.
Day after day passed in the delights of labour, broken for Robert by The Arabian Nights and the violin, and for Shargar by attendance upon Miss Lammie, till the fields lay bare of their harvest, and the night-wind of autumn moaned everywhere over the vanished glory of the country, and it was time to go back to school. The morning at length arrived when Robert and Shargar must return to Rothieden.
He could not fly his kite; he could not walk; he had lost his shoes; Mr. Lammie had not approved of his playing; and, although he had his will of the fiddle, he could not get his will out of it. He could never play so as to please Miss St. John. Nothing but manly pride kept him from crying. He was sorely disappointed and dissatisfied; and the world might be dreary even at Bodyfauld.
Faukner, he said at length, when the silence had grown painful. 'Humph! returned the old lady, her face becoming stony with the effort to suppress all emotion. 'Nae aboot Anerew? ''Deed is 't, mem. An' ill news, I'm sorry to say. 'Is he ta'en? 'Ay is he by a jyler that winna tyne the grup. 'He's no deid, John Lammie? Dinna say 't. 'I maun say 't, Mrs. Faukner. I had it frae Dr.
He was so sure of it that both Mysie and Andrew caught his hopeful tone, and began to tell each other what should be done when Davie came home. Poor Mysie was now doubly kind to wee Andrew. She accused herself bitterly of "grudging the bit lammie his story-books," and persuaded her husband to bring back from Keswick for the child the "Pilgrim's Progress" and "The Young Christian."
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