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'Weel, Mac-Guffog, said Dandie, 'I hae just twa things to say. Ye ken wha I am weel eneugh, and that I wadna loose a prisoner. 'And how do I ken that? answered the jailor. 'Weel, if ye dinna ken that, said the resolute farmer, 'ye ken this: ye ken ye're whiles obliged to be up our water in the way o' your business.
'Had he no arms? asked the Justice. 'Ay, ay, they are never without barkers and slashers. 'Any papers? 'This bundle, delivering a dirty pocket-book. 'Go downstairs then, Mac-Guffog, and be in waiting. The officer left the room. The clink of irons was immediately afterwards heard upon the stair, and in two or three minutes a man was introduced, handcuffed and fettered.
Mac-Guffog an awful spectacle, being a woman for strength and resolution capable of maintaining order among her riotous inmates, and of administering the discipline of the house, as it was called, during the absence of her husband, or when he chanced to have taken an overdose of the creature.
Mac-Guffog an awful spectacle, being a woman for strength and resolution capable of maintaining order among her riotous inmates, and of administering the discipline of the house, as it was called, during the absence of her husband, or when he chanced to have taken an overdose of the creature.
It was, therefore, with great pleasure that, on his return to his house from Kippletringan, he heard his servants announce hastily, 'that Mac-Guffog, the thief-taker, and twa or three concurrents, had a man in hands in the kitchen waiting for his honour. He instantly jumped from horseback, and hastened into the house.
He said softly to Glossin, 'Slip your shoes off and follow me. When Glossin was out of the door, Mac-Guffog, as if in the execution of his ordinary duty, and speaking to a prisoner within, called aloud, 'Good-night to you, sir, and locked the door, clattering the bolts with much ostentatious noise.
He said softly to Glossin, 'Slip your shoes off and follow me. When Glossin was out of the door, Mac-Guffog, as if in the execution of his ordinary duty, and speaking to a prisoner within, called aloud, 'Good-night to you, sir, and locked the door, clattering the bolts with much ostentatious noise.
Dinmont, we have put off locking up for an hour to oblige ye; ye must go to your quarters. 'Quarters, man? I intend to sleep here the night. There's a spare bed in the Captain's room. 'It's impossible! answered the keeper. 'But I say it IS possible, and that I winna stir; and there's a dram t' ye. Mac-Guffog drank off the spirits and resumed his objection.
Glossin," said be, in, a whispering voice. "Call louder," answered Dirk Hatteraick. "Mr. Glossin, for God's sake come away!" "He'll hardly do that without help," said Hatteraick. "What are you chattering there for, Mac-Guffog?" called out the captain from below. "Come away, for God's sake. Mr. Glossin!" repeated the. turnkey. At this moment the jailor made his appearance with a light.
This process of ejection had been carried into force by Mrs. Mac-Guffog while her husband parleyed with Bertram in the courtyard, that good lady having a distinct presentiment of the manner in which the treaty must necessarily terminate.
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