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Concurrent respondent: "But are ye sure it was him after a'?" "Oh, perfectly! I canna be mistaen. It's the surtout, beyond a' manner o' doubt; and of course it's the man, too, seein he cam oot o' the house we were directed to."
"You are mistaen," said Jeanie; "it is no sae far, and they go to it by land; I learned something about thae things from Reuben Butler." "Ah, Jeanie! ye never learned onything but what was gude frae the folk ye keepit company wi'; but! but!" she wrung her hands and wept bitterly. "Dinna think on that now," said Jeanie; "there will be time for that if the present space be redeemed. Fare ye weel.
"Dinna warstle yersel' to death, Aggie," he said. "I maun haud up wi' my man," she replied. "He's a het man at the scythe ower het! He'll be fit for naething or the week be oot. He canna haud on at this rate!" "Ay can he fine that! Ye dinna ken oor yoong laird. He's worth twa ordinar' men. An' gien ye dinna think me fit to gather til' 'im, I s' lat ye see ye're mistaen, Mr. Crawford."
But I see he's a fule-creature a'thegither, and clean mistaen about ye. I like ye, man," he continued; "I like a lad that will stand by his friends in trouble I aye did it mysell, and sae did the deacon my father, rest and bless him! But ye suldna keep ower muckle company wi' Hielandmen and thae wild cattle. Can a man touch pitch and no be defiled? aye mind that.
But he's mistaen if that's his end; for it will be lang or Lord Evandale hears a word frae me about the selling my kye for rent or e'er it was due, or the putting the dragoons on me when the country's quiet, or onything else that will vex him, I can bear my ain burden patiently, and warld's loss is the least part o't."
"You are mistaen," said Jeanie; "it is no sae far, and they go to it by land; I learned something about thae things from Reuben Butler." "Ah, Jeanie! ye never learned onything but what was gude frae the folk ye keepit company wi'; but! but!" she wrung her hands and wept bitterly. "Dinna think on that now," said Jeanie; "there will be time for that if the present space be redeemed. Fare ye weel.
"Ye're mistaen though, gudewife," said Saddletree scornfully, "for I could hae gien her great satisfaction; I could hae proved to her that her sister was indicted upon the statute saxteen hundred and ninety, chapter one For the mair ready prevention of child-murder for concealing her pregnancy, and giving no account of the child which she had borne."
"As man lives by bread," he said, "the buzzards have mistaen my friend the Bailie for his Excellency, and you for Diana Vernon O, the most egregious night-howlets!" "Miss Vernon?" said I, with hesitation, and trembling for the answer "Does she still bear that name? She passed but now, along with a gentleman who seemed to use a style of authority."
"Ye're mistaen though, gudewife," said Saddletree scornfully, "for I could hae gien her great satisfaction; I could hae proved to her that her sister was indicted upon the statute saxteen hundred and ninety, chapter one For the mair ready prevention of child-murder for concealing her pregnancy, and giving no account of the child which she had borne."
Francis, and sorry was I that your father's son suld hae taen to sic practices Na, ye needna say a word about it I see weel I was mistaen; but I wad believe onything o' a stage-player, whilk I concluded ye to be.
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