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By the auld law your debt still stands, and if I likit I could seek anither pledge. But there'll be something awin' for rescue-shot, and wi' that and the gude wark ye've dune the day, I'm content to ca' the debt paid." Wat's words sounded kind, and no doubt Wat thought himself generous. Sim had it on his tongue to ask for a cow even on a month's loan. But pride choked his speech.
She could only say to her-self 'And folk ca's him half-wuttit, div they! Weel, lat them! Gien he be half-wuttit, the Lord's made up the ither half wi' better! And, eh, sic a bonny reid and white as it was! And better yet I likit to see yon hert-brakin luik o' the lost are weirin aye awa and awa till 't was clean gane!
A sheep's head ower muckle boiled is rank poison, as my worthy father used to say he likit the lug o' ane weel, honest man." I made a suitable apology for my breach of punctuality, and was soon seated at table, where Mr.
"I'd ha'e likit weel to see him come hame to Abbotscliff vara weel. But I longed mickle mair to see him come hame to the Father's house. It's no for his auld minnie to see that. But if it's for the Lord to see some ither day, I'm content. And He has gi'en me sae monie things that I ne'er askit Him wi' ane half the longing that I did for that, I dinna think He'll say me nay the now."
"Curly!" said Annie, and said no more, for she felt as if her heart would break. "I likit ye at the schule, Annie; but noo there's naething i' the warl but you." Annie rose gently, came close to him, and laying a hand on his arm, said, "I'm richt sorry for ye, Curly." He half turned his back, was silent for a moment, and then said coldly, but in a trembling voice,
"Miss Wallingford, sir, seems under the impression that you would be wanting jist the same kind of things as he likit," he remarked diffidently. The Count laughed. "Hence the condemned cell she's put me in? I see! Ha, ha! No, Mackenzie, I have moved with the times. In fact, my uncle's philosophy and teachings always struck me as hardly suitable for a gentleman."
I wud hae likit things to bide as they are, but she wud hae worn puir Francie to the verra deid! Mrs. Gordon manages the house and her reward is to sit at the head of the table.
"For yer ain sake, I wadna to Mistress Mair, for naething wad gar her tak' it it wad only affront her; an' for Nancy Tacket's sake, I wadna to her, for as her name so's her natur': she wad not only tak it, but she wad lat ye play the same as aften 's ye likit for less siller. Ye'll ha'e mony a chance o' makin' 't up to them baith, ten times ower, afore you an' them pairt, sir."
'Na, no gien ye didna like. But ye wud hae likit weel to gang. It wasna an ill w'y to beery fowk, nor an ill place to gang til, for they aye biggit up the skelf, ye ken.
But Francis showed such signs of excitement as well as exhaustion, that Kirsty saw she must not let him talk longer. 'Or I'll tell ye what! she added: ye'll tell father and mother and me the haill tale, this verra nicht, or maybe the morn's mornin. Ye maun hae an egg noo, and a drappy o' milk creamy milk, Francie! Ye aye likit that!
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