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"With your honour's permission," said the serjeant, "I would ask corporal Allen if the deserters have gone off with their arms and accoutrements?" "Airms? Ay, and legs, and a' belonging to 'em, with mair that is the lawfu' property of the laird. Not so much as a flint is left behind."
He was a minor, ye ken, being but twenty years of age, and sae he could na be lawfu' married in France nor in England, and sae he brought his player-woman to auld Scotland and made her his wife woe worth the day!" "This must have been a terrible mortification to the earl?" "Ye may weel say that, me leddy. His lairdship never saw or spoke to Mr. Kenneth afterwards.
Roy had the trained eyesight and the steady nerve which made it lawfu' for him; for you or me it had been suicide naething less sinfu'. Three or four glasses o' whiskey are safer for some men than twa for you. I hae been feeling it my duty to tell you this for some time.
You did not expect me to deny it?" "God forbid, my lord! But will ye uphaud yersel' the lawfu' heir to the deceased? It lies 'atween yer lordship an' mysel' i' the meantime." He sat down, holding the scrap of paper between his finger and thumb. "I will buy them of you," he said coolly, after a moment's thought, and as he spoke he looked keenly at her.
"Yes, by God!" said the marquis, with an expression I can describe only as of almost savage solemnity. Malcolm stood silent for one moment. "Do you think I'll have a man about me that has no more courage than than a woman!" said his master, concluding with an effort. "I was jist turnin' ower an auld question, my lord whether it be lawfu' to obey a tyrant.
For it seems to me there's no shame in bein frichtit, sae lang as ye dinna serve and obey the fricht, but trust in him 'at sees, and du what ye hae to du. Naebody 'at kenned Francie as I did, cud ever believe he faun' mair fear in 's hert nor was lawfu' and rizzonable sae lang, that is, as he was in his richt min': ayont that nane but his maker can jeedge him.
"I ken it is nae lawfu' for a wife to gie testimony against her ain husband," said Rose Cameron, with a cunning leer that marred the beauty of her fine blue eyes. "Certainly not. What has that to do with this case?" "It hae a' things to do with it." "Explain yourself, witness; and remember that you are on your oath." "Ay, I weel ken the solemnity of an aith.
"A hadden tongue," replied Andrew, "makes a slabbered mouth." It was now necessary I should interfere, which I did by commanding Andrew, with an authoritative tone, to be silent at his peril. "I am silent," said Andrew. "I'se do a' your lawfu' bidding without a nay-say. My puir mother used aye to tell me, Be it better, be it worse, Be ruled by him that has the purse.
"Ay, ay," answered Rob, "she's under lawfu' authority now; and full time, for she was a daft hempie But she's a mettle quean. It's a pity his Excellency is a thought eldern. The like o' yourself, or my son Hamish, wad be mair sortable in point of years."
Enox Kirk, till it chappit twal, whilk was a lawfu' hour to gie a look at my ledger, just to see how things stood between us; and then, as time and tide wait for no man, I made the lass get the lantern, and came slipping my ways here to see what can be dune anent your affairs.
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