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Mac-Candlish then produced the parcel deposited with her by Brown, in which was found the gipsy's purse. On perceiving the value of the miscellaneous contents, Mrs.
Mac-Candlish were then reinterrogated whether Brown had no arms with him on that unhappy morning. 'None, they said, 'but an ordinary bit cutlass or hanger by his side. Glossin extricated himself from the Deacon's grasp and from the discussion, though not with rudeness; for it was his present interest to buy golden opinions from all sorts of people.
Mac-Candlish not to leave it. Did I rightly apprehend," he said, "that the estate of Ellangowan is in the market?" "And where will the sale take place?" "On the, premises, as the advertisement says that's at the house of Ellangowan, your honour, as I understand it." "And who exhibits the title-deeds, rent-roll, and plan?"
Mac-Candlish it was the most moving thing he ever saw; 'the death of the grey mare, puir hizzie, was naething till't. This trifling circumstance afterwards had consequences of greater moment to the Dominie. The visitors were hospitably welcomed by Mrs.
'Weel, said the Deacon to Mrs. Mac-Candlish, as he accepted her offer of a glass of bitters at the bar, 'the deil's no sae ill as he's ca'd. It's pleasant to see a gentleman pay the regard to the business o' the county that Mr. Glossin does. 'Ay, 'deed is't, Deacon, answered the landlady; 'and yet I wonder our gentry leave their ain wark to the like o' him.
'Only think, said Mrs. Mac-Candlish, 'what a hard heart he maun hae had, to think o' hurting the poor young gentleman in the very presence of the leddy he was to be married to! 'O, Mrs. Mac-Candlish, said Glossin, 'there's been many cases such as that on the record; doubtless he was seeking revenge where it would be deepest and sweetest.
Mac-Candlish received this proposal, by no means indicated any dislike to the overture abstractedly considered, but inferred much doubt how far it would succeed under the auspices of the gentleman by whom it was proposed. It was not a cough negative, but a cough dubious, and as such Glossin felt it; but it was not his cue to take offence. "Have there been brisk doings on the road, Mrs.
The stranger took two or three turns round the room in silence, but signed to Mrs. Mac-Candlish not to leave it. 'Did I rightly apprehend, he said, 'that the estate of Ellangowan is in the market? 'In the market?
Glossin immediately went, for the purpose of interrogating our old acquaintance Mrs. Mac-Candlish. The reader may remember that Mr. Glossin did not, according to this good woman's phrase, stand high in her books. She therefore attended his summons to the parlour slowly and reluctantly, and, on entering the room, paid her respects in the coldest possible manner.
"Of a surety, of a surety," said Sampson eagerly; "I understand book-keeping by double entry and the Italian method." Our postilion had thrust himself into the room to announce his chaise and horses; he tarried, unobserved, during this extraordinary scene, and assured Mrs. Mac-Candlish it was the most moving thing he ever saw; "the death of the gray mare, puir hizzie, was naething till't."
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