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Macgregor was the only human being he could call friend. 'Ye're in a hurry, he now observed, and put the usual question: 'Ha'e ye a fag on ye? Macgregor obliged, saying as kindly as he could, 'I'll maybe see ye later, Wullie. 'Thon girl again, I suppose. 'So long, said Macgregor, shortly. 'Haud on a meenute. I want to speak to ye. Ha'e ye done it? 'Ay, this mornin'. . . . An' I'm gey busy.
But before she had reached it a strong hand caught her and a great voice, deep and tender, commanded her: "Wait, lassie, sit down here a meenute." It was Macdonald Bhain.
"And what will you do with it?" "Tak it wi' me," was the answer, accompanied by another husky laugh. "Where to?" "Speir nae questons, an' ye'll be tellt nae lees. Ony gait, I s' lea' nae track ahin' me. An' for that same sake, I maun hae my pairt i' my han' the meenute the thing's been sworn till. Gien ye fail me, ye'll sune see me get mair licht upo' the subjec', an' confess till a great mistak.
Three shillings is the lowest, and I never recommended it. Whisky! there is not a drop in the shop. Who dare say I would turn this shop into a public-house? I'll be at the bottom of this, though it cost me a thousand pounds. Who hired ye to carry round the board, ye peetiful creature? If ye don't tell the truth I'll commit ye to gaol this very meenute."
Sae wad ye hae been yersel', gien ye had sitten up a' nicht." "Wha did it, than?" "Ow, jist yersel', I'm thinkin', auntie." "Never a finger o' mine was laid till't, Fergus. Gien ye fleggit ae broonie, anither cam; for there's the wark done, the same's ever." "Damn the cratur!" cried Fergus. "Whisht, whisht, laddie! he's maybe hearin' ye this meenute.
"As ye wull! father," rejoined Maggie. "I'm gaein oot to seek auld Eppy; she was intil the baker's shop a meenute ago! The bairnie's asleep." "Vera weel! Gien I hear him, I s' atten' til 'im," answered the soutar. "Thank ye, father," returned Maggie, and left the house.
They'll be in for their tea ony meenute, an' the room no sae muckle as sweepit. Ay, an' me lookin' like a sweep; an' Tibbie Mealmaker 'at's sae partikler genteel seein' you sic a sicht as ye are?" Jess shook Hendry out of his chair, while Leeby began to sweep with the one hand, and agitatedly to unbutton her wrapper with the other.
It was the second day after the funeral that Geordie and I were walking towards Slavin's. There was a great shout of laughter as we drew near. Geordie stopped short, and saying, 'We'll juist gang in a meenute, passed through the crowd and up to the bar. 'Michael Slavin, began Geordie, and the men stared in dead, silence, with their glasses in their hands.
They're juist inseparable." The time came when we had Mr. and Mrs. Geogehan and Eppie to tea. "It's true enough," Leeby ran ben to tell Jess, "'at Eppie an' the wife's fond o' ane another. I wouldna hae believed it o' Eppie if I hadna seen it, but I assure ye they sat even at the tea-table haudin' ane another's hands. I waurant they're doin't this meenute."
Macgregor held his peace. They had just arrived in Glasgow, but without a trace of the usual eagerness on his part. 'I believe, said Willie, with an inspiration, 'her an' you ha'e cast oot. 'Clay up! She's awa' her holidays. 'Save us! Awa' her holidays! cried Willie, uttering, unawares, his friend's bitterest thought 'an' we may get oor mairchin' orders ony meenute!
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