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"Stand up, young woman," said the Queen, but in a kind tone, "and tell me what sort of a barbarous people your country-folk are, where child-murder is become so common as to require the restraint of laws like yours?" "If your Leddyship pleases," answered Jeanie, "there are mony places besides Scotland where mothers are unkind to their ain flesh and blood."
"I have a very bad, nervous headache, which is not surprising, after all my fatigue," replied Claudia. "Nay, indeed, and it is not, me leddy; you should lie quietly in bed to-day, and to-morrow you will be well," said the dame. "Yes." "And, me leddy, Mrs. Dugald bid me give her compliments to your leddyship, and ask if she should come and sit with you." "I cannot receive Mrs.
"Thank ye, my leddy," said Geordie; "an' whan I need mair, I'll just tak the liberty o' makin yer leddyship my banker. Guid day, my leddy." And, with a low bow, reaching nearly to the ground, he departed. The result of this interview satisfied Geordie that what he had suspected was true.
Putler," said Duncan, "that though it could not discommode you to receive any of his Grace's visitors or mine, yet she had mooch petter stay at the Lodge; and for the gaits, the creatures can be fetched there, in respect it is mair fitting they suld wait upon her Leddyship, than she upon the like o' them."
"I am better; do not stand; sit down on that chair beside me," said Claudia kindly. The dame sank slowly into the offered seat and said: "Will your leddyship please to take onything?" "Nothing, just yet." "Can I do naething for you, me leddy?"
Ah! you have not read history, or you would know that ladies of the highest rank, even queens and princesses, have been sometimes put in prison." "Guid be guid till us! For what crime, gin your leddyship pleases?" "For no crime at all. They have been accused of treason, or conspiracy, or something." "And sic will be the case wi' this puir leddy?" "Yes," said Mrs.
"We can't find no other mistresses like her leddyship," sobbed out the senior housemaid. "There ain't niver such a one in the county Cork," said the cook; "in a week of Sundays you wouldn't hear the breath out of her above her own swait nathural voice."
And sae maun e'en just commit your ways to the Lord, and put your trust intil him. Auld Cuthbert and mesel' pray for your leddyship ilka day, that ye may be deleevered fra the spoilers, and fra a' those wha gang about to wark you wae. Me laird hae gane his ways up to Lunnun, as I tauld your leddyship.
Inchbare, in profiting by the message which I had the pleasure of sending to you." I crave yer pardon, I'm sure, if I ha' been ower hasty. "I am shocked to hear that I have been the innocent cause of your falling into temptation, Mrs. Inchbare! Make your proposal and I shall be happy to meet it, if I can." "I must e'en be content wi' what yer leddyship will condescend on.
To make himself more certain of this, Geordie led her into conversation. "I want my Leddy Maitland," answered Geordie "are ye her leddyship?" "No," answered the housekeeper, with a kick of her head, which Geordie took as a sign that his bait had been swallowed; "I am not Lady Maitland I am in de charge of her ladyship's house. Vat you vant vit her ladyship?
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