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"Ye grant Grizel Cam'ell yer wife, my lord, whan ye own to that wreet. Gien 't war naething but a written promise an' a bairn to follow, it wad be merriage eneuch i' this cuintry, though it mayna be in cuintries no sae ceevileest." "But all that is nothing as to the child. Why do you fix on this young fellow? You say you can't prove it."
"Weel, weel, woman, hasna every dog his day, begging Earnscliff's pardon for the auld saying Mayna I hae his luck, and he mine, another time?
"Losh, Eppie," said Sam'l, "I didna think o' that." "Ye maun kin weel, Sam'l, 'at there's mony a lass wid jump at ye." "Ou, weel," said Sam'l, implying that a man must take these things as they come. "For ye're a dainty chield to look at, Sam'l." "Do ye think so, Eppie? Ay, ay; oh, I d'na kin am onything by the ordinar." "Ye mayna be," said Eppie, "but lasses doesna do to be ower-partikler."
There's Camerons I wadna go bail for, if Prince Charlie could come again; but let that flea stick to the wa'. And the McFarlanes arena exactly papist noo; the twa last generations hae been 'Piscopals that's ane step ony way towards the truth. Luther mayna be John Knox, but they'll win up to him some time, dootless they will." "How old is young McFarlane?" asked James.
He's been sae lang disused til a wan'erin life, that I doobt it mayna weel agree wi' him; and I maun awa' back to Deemooth, gien I can get onybody to gie me a lift." "Na, na; that'll never dee," returned Maggie, with a sob. "My father'll be glaid eneuch to keep him; only we hae nae richt ower him, and ye maun hae him again whan ye wull." "Ye see I hae nae place to tak him til!" pleaded Isy.
"Ye hae thoucht mair aboot it nor me, laddie! But what ye say wadna haud wi' the Parsees, 'at lay oot their deid to be devoored by the birds o' the air." "They swipe up their banes at the last. An', though the livin' expose the deid, the deid mayna like it." "I daursay. Ony gait it maun be a fine thing to lea' as little dirt as possible ahin' ye, an' tak nane wi' ye.
"That luiks ill for Phemy," remarked Malcolm, when she had described his forlorn condition. "She canna be wi' 'im, or he wadna be like that. Hae ye onything by w'y o' coonsel, mem?" "I wad coonsel a word wi' the laird himsel' gien 't be to be gotten. He mayna ken what 's happent her, but he may tell ye the last he saw o' her, an' that maun be mair nor ye ken."
Dinna distress yoursel sae things mayna turn out sae ill as we apprehend. I can hardly think that the king will be sae cruel and sae unjust as to tak my life. Is that no your opinion, sirs?" added he, addressing the armed men. "We are not to be your judges," said he who appeared to be their leader; "ye are our prisoner, by his Majesty's command, and that is a' we ken about the matter.
She did not notice, until her room grew suddenly dark, that the wind had risen, and the sky become black and stormy. Some uneasy presentiment drove her then to the cottage door, where she stood with the rain blowing into her face, watching the boats tossing back to harbor. "You see what your ill wishes hae brought. I hope there mayna be lives lost by your temper." "Parfect nonsense!
"'I've observed it mysel', David, said she seriously. "'Goodness, ma'am! ye confound me! says I; 'if it's onything that's bad, I'll deny it point blank. "'Ye mayna think it bad, says she again, 'but I fear ye like a dram, and my bairn's happiness demands that I should speak o' it.
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