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She wad spell oot the bit writin' on't, and she thocht there was naethin' sae bonnie as the picture o' the goblet on the ither side o't. And she wad thrust her wee bit haun' intil Donald's wes'coat pocket, where he aye keepit the token, an' she wad tak' it oot an' luik at it, an' no' ask for sweeties or gang to sleep or greet, like ither bairns.
My sowl, I ken, wad gang han' in han', in a heumble w'y, wi' yours, for I un'erstan' ye, Cosmo; an' the day may come whan I'll luik fitter for yer company nor I can the noo; but wha like me could help a sense o' unfitness, gien it war but gaein' to the kirk side by side wi' you? Luik at the twa o' 's noo i' the munelicht thegither! Dinna ye see 'at we dinna match?"
"What scriptur hae ye for sic a wanderin' invention, o' no practical value?" "'Deed, sir, what scriptur hed I for takin my brakwast this mornin, or ony mornin? Yet I never luik for a judgment to fa' upon me for that! I'm thinkin we dee mair things in faith than we ken but no eneuch! no eneuch! I was thankfu' for't, though, I min' that, and maybe that'll stan' for faith.
Blatherwick went on. "I cam hame but twa nichts ago. He's lodged wi' a dacent widow in Arthur Street, in a flat up a lang stane stair that gangs roun and roun till ye come there, and syne gangs past the door and up again. She taks in han' to luik efter his claes, and sees to the washin o' them, and does her best to hand him tidy; but Jeamie was aye that partic'lar aboot his appearance!
Then Annie perceived that Curly looked earnest and anxious. "What do ye say, Curly?" she returned. "I hardly ken what I say, Annie, though I ken what I mean. And I dinna ken what I'm gaun to say neist, but they say the trowth will oot. I wiss it wad, ohn a body said it." "What can be the maitter, Curly?"�-Annie was getting frightened.�-"It maun be ill news, or ye wadna luik like that."
"Hm!" remarked Miss Horn as plainly as inarticulately. "In this affair," he supplemented; adding, "It's not always so easy to tell what is right." "It's no aye easy to luik for 't wi' baith yer een," said Miss Horn. "This woman Catanach we must get her to give credible testimony. Whatever the fact may be, we must have strong evidence.
"That's true; but no frae hearsay alane," returned Malcolm. "The luik o' the puir fallow whan he but hears the chance word mither, 's a sicht no to be forgotten. He grips his lugs atween 's twa han's, an' rins like a colley wi' a pan at 's tail. That couldna come o' naething." Mrs Stewart hid her face on the cushioned arm of the settee, and sobbed.
"And syne no to haud my face til't! Isy, I hae been a scoonrel til ye! I'm that disgustit at mysel 'at I canna luik ye i' the face!" "Ye didna ken whaur I was! I ran awa that naebody micht ken." "What rizzon was there for onybody to ken? I'm sure ye never tellt!" Isy went to the door and called Maggie. James stared after her, bewildered.
As vengeance would have it, Meg Partan was the first of whom, with supercilious airs and "clippit" tongue, he requested to know where a certain blind man, who played on an instrument called the bagpipes, lived. With reddening cheek he informed her that he came on his lord's business. "I dinna doobt it," she retorted; "ye luik siclike as rins ither fowk's eeran's."
"As lang's yer lordship likes Will I gang an' walk aboot, mem my leddy, till his lordship's made up his min'? Wad that please him, duv ye think?" he said, in the tone of one who seeks advice. But the girl only smiled, and the marquis said, "Go to the devil." "I maun luik to yer lordship for the necessar' directions," rejoined Malcolm.
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