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It's jist the land o' Goshen, only it wants a wheen mair tap-dressin'." "Tak it frae the bank, than, Robert." "The bank! said ye, Marget? I canna do that." "And what for no?" "'Cause I'm jist like the hens, Marget. Gin they dinna see ae egg i' the nest, they hae no hert to lay anither. I daurna meddle wi' the bank." "Weel, lat sit than; an' lay awa' at yer leisur'. Hoo's the mistress?"
"Na, na; I hae nae feelin's, I'm thankfu' to say. I never kent ony guid come o' them. They're a terrible sicht i' the gait." "Naebody ever thoucht o' layin' 't to yer chairge, mem." "'Deed, I aye had eneuch adu to du the thing I had to du, no to say the thing 'at naebody wad du but mysel'. I hae had nae leisur' for feelin's an' that," insisted Miss Horn.
Gien ye canna get the tae doctor, awa wi' ye to the tither, and dinna ley him till ye see him i' the saiddle and startit. Syne ye can ease the mere, and come hame at yer leisur; he'll be here lang afore ye! Tell him I'll pey him ony fee he likes, be't what it may, and never compleen! Awa' wi' ye like the vera deevil!"
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