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"What are ye propheseein' at, Mr Cupples?" said Alec, who did not more than half understand him. "Verra weel. I'm no drunk yet," rejoined Mr Cupples, oracularly. "But that chield Beauchamp's no rainbow that lat me tell ye. He'll do you a mischeef yet, gin ye dinna luik a' the shairper. I ken the breed o' him. He was luikin' at ye throu the window like a hungry deevil. Min' I'm tellin' ye.
When Hornie's turn came, Donal began to tie ropes to her hind hoofs. Mr. Duff objected. "Ye dinna ken her sae weel as I dee, sir," answered Donal. "She wad caw her horns intil a man-o-war 'at angert her. An' up yon'er ye cudna get a whack at her, for hurtin' ane 'at didna deserve 't. I s' dee her no mischeef, I s' warran'. Ye jist lea' her to me, sir." His master yielded.
'Let goo! he said imperiously, and, throwing himself round, while one foot slipped into the water, he caught her hand, with its thin predatory fingers, and pulled the book away. 'Yo just leave my books alone, Louie. Yo do 'em a mischeef whaniver yo can an I'll not have it.
But she gat naething o' me the fat braint cat! an' she hates me like the verra mischeef." Miss Horn paused and took a sip of her negus. "Ae day, I cam upon her sittin' by the ingleneuk i' my ain kitchen, haudin' a close an' a laich confab wi' Jean. I had Jean than, an' hoo I hae keepit the hizzy, I hardly ken.
Their words therefore flowed freely into her ears, although the meaning only played on her mind with a dull glimmer like that which played on her wall from the fire in the room where they sat talking. "Ay, woman," began Andrew, "it'll be sair news, this, to the lady ower the watter." "Ye dinna mean Mistress Forbes, Anerew?" "'Deed I mean jist her." "Is't her son? Has he met wi' ony mischeef?
He was more mischievous than Alec, and sometimes led him into unforeseen scrapes; but whenever anything extensive had to be executed, Alec was always the leader. "What are ye hidin' for, ye rascal?" said his father. "What mischeef hae ye been efter noo?" "Naething by ordinar'," was Willie's cool reply. "What garred ye hide, than?"
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