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Aye whan ane is ta'en frae ane, Ane on earth is left alane, Twa in heaven are knit again. Whan God's hairst is in or lang, Golden-heidit, ripe, and thrang, Syne begins a better sang." She looked up, and Curly was walking through the broad river to where she sat. "I kent ye a mile aff, Annie," he said. "I'm glaid to see ye, Curly." "I wonner gin ye'll be as glaid to see me the neist time, Annie."
"Weel, the first line o' 't is,'Catch yer naig, an' pu' his tail. Wi' muckle diffeeclety we hae catcht him, an' noo for the tail o' 'im! There! that's dune! though there's no muckle to shaw for 't. The neist direction is 'In his hin' heel caw a nail: we s' turn up a' his fower feet thegither,'cause they're cooperant; an' noo lat 's see the proper spot whaur to caw the said nail!"
"For my own satisfaction solely," replied the Antiquary. "Put up your pocket-book and your keelyvine pen then, for I downa speak out an ye hae writing materials in your hands they're a scaur to unlearned folk like me Od, ane o' the clerks in the neist room will clink down, in black and white, as muckle as wad hang a man, before ane kens what he's saying."
"What are you up to?" he asked. "Naething," answered the panting pursuer. "Gin ye be efter naething, ye'll fin' that nearer hame," retorted Alec, twisting him round in that direction, and giving him a kick to expedite his return. "Lat me hear o' you troublin' Annie Anderson, an' I'll gar ye loup oot o' yer skin the neist time I lay han's upo' ye. Gang hame."
"Guid preserve 's, sir! And is this the first ye hae h'ard o't?" "The very first." "An' what are ye gauin' to do?" "Appear, of course." "An' what 'll ye say to them?" "I shall answer their questions." "They 'll condemn ye!" "I do not doubt it." "An' what neist?" "I shall have to leave Scotland, I suppose." "Sir, it 's awfu'."
"There's no muckle to hinder us, an that were a'," answered Cuddie; "but what were we to do neist?" "We'll take the Castle," cried the other; "here are five or six o' us, and a' the sodgers are engaged at the gate."
It's my hert 'at hauds up the wee hillie That's hoo there's a how i' my breist; It's awa' doon there wi' my Willie, Gaed wi' him whan he was releast; It's doon i' the green-grown hillie, But I s' be efter it neist. Come awa', nichts and mornin's, Come ooks, years, a' time's clan; Ye're walcome ayont a' scornin': Tak me till him as fest as ye can.
Isna she bonny, Malkie? Isna hers a winsome shape an' a lauchin' ee? Didna she draw ye on, an' luik i' the hawk's een o' ye, an' lay herself oot afore ye, an' ?" "She did naething o' the sort, ye ill tongued wuman!" said Malcolm in anger. "Ho! ho!" trumpeted Mrs Catanach. "Ill tongued, am I? An' what neist?"
But the neist session, whan I hae better, for I'm sure to get wark eneuch in atween, I'll come an' shaw mysel', an' syne she can dee as she likes." This high tone of liberty, so free from offence either given or taken, was thoroughly appreciated by both Mr. and Mrs. Sclater, and they did not cease to invite him.
Ye hadna been gane, as I was saying', ower a five meenutes, whan in cam a licht intill the bedroom neist the parlour, an' Jean appeart wi' a can'le in her han'. There was nae licht i' this room but the licht o' the fire, an' no muckle o' that, for 'twas maistly peat, sae I saw her weel eneuch-ohn been seen mysel'. She cam straucht to the window, and drew doon the blind, but lost hersel' a bit or she wad never hae set doon her can'le whaur it cuist a shaidow o' hersel' an' her doin's upo' the blind."
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