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I should like to know, Captain M'Intyre, if he follows the regulations correctly he brings us but awkwardly to the present." And he hobbled towards his weapon to illustrate his doubts and display his proficiency. "I rejoice we have such zealous defenders, Bailie," replied Mr. Oldbuck; "and I dare say Hector will gratify you by communicating his opinion on your progress in this new calling.
An action of the preceding year having come upon the tapis, Lovel, accidentally mingling in the conversation, made some assertion concerning it, of the accuracy of which Captain M'Intyre seemed not to be convinced, although his doubts were politely expressed.
Alexander was in fine form in this tie, and some of his returns were splendidly made. Instead of going at an opponent with the air of an infuriated bull, as some backs are prone to do now-a-days, he kept close to his man, and waited for an opportunity, which was at once taken advantage of. Like his brother, he is still in the city, and takes a kindly interest in his mother club. ~Hugh M'Intyre.~
Now that he had got a little flesh on his bones he looked something quite out of the common. 'A deal too good for a poor man, and him honest, as old M'Intyre said. But Jim turned on him pretty sharp, and said he had got the horse in a fair deal, and had as much right to a good mount as any one else super or squatter, he didn't care who he was. And Mr. Falkland took Jim's part, and rather made Mr.
"And I am sure," said Miss M'Intyre, "that my uncle sent twenty guineas to help out their equipments." "It was to buy liquorice and sugar-candy," said the cynic, "to encourage the trade of the place, and to refresh the throats of the officers who had bawled themselves hoarse in the service of their country." "Take care, Monkbarns! we shall set you down among the black-nebs by and by."
So saying, the old gentleman got into the chaise, close to which Miss M'Intyre had detained her brother, upon the same principle that the owner of a quarrelsome dog keeps him by his side to prevent his fastening upon another.
"My dear Hector!" said Miss M'Intyre, as she rose to take his hand "Hector, son of Priam, whence comest thou?" said the Antiquary.
"Then why do you not invite your nephew, Captain M'Intyre, who is mentioned by every one as a fine spirited young fellow, to become a member of your family?" "Who?" exclaimed Monkbarns, "my nephew Hector? the Hotspur of the North? Why, Heaven love you, I would as soon invite a firebrand into my stackyard.
Or, if you like, there are a thousand types. Hungry M'Intyre is one type; Smythe petty, genteel, and parsimonious is another; patriarchal Royce is another; Montgomery-kind, yet haughty and imperious is another; Stewart is another.
But he thought he observed in the conduct of Captain M'Intyre something of marked and peculiar tenderness, which was calculated to alarm the jealousy of a lover. Miss Wardour also received his attentions; and although his candour allowed they were of a kind which could not be repelled without some strain of affectation, yet it galled him to the heart to witness that she did so.
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