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Updated: May 18, 2025
"Canny, man, canny!" said the little servitor, releasing himself with difficulty from the grasp of this impetuous lover. "Faith! it's anither warnin' this no' to parley at nicht wi' onything less than twa or three inch o' oak dale atween ye and herm." "Cut clavers and tell me what ails your mistress!"
I'm sorry ye've come when there's naething daein'. 'So am I. However, it is not the time to indulge in discriminations. Your uncle thought it was better for me to come than to write a letter. 'Is onything wrang wi' ma uncle? Macgregor asked anxiously. 'Barring an invidious bunion, he is in his usual health.
'Macgreegor no here? he demanded, and looked astounded. 'No, answered Christina, without laying down the book she had been trying to read. 'Jist left ye? 'No. 'When did ye see him? 'This morning. 'Gor! I could ha'e bet onything I wud ha'e catched him here. He had jist left the hoose when I 'Why are you so excited? she coldly inquired. 'Me? I'm no excited. Jist been canoodlin' wi' ma aunt.
We maun be honest i' that as weel's i' corn or herrin', or onything ither 'at 's coft an' sell't atween man an' his neibor." "There's one commandment, my lad," said Mr Crathie, with the dignity of intended rebuke, "you seem to find hard to learn, and that is, to mind your own business." "Gien ye mean catchin' the herrin', maybe ye're richt," said the youth.
"I dinna mean onything o' the kind," he roared. "What I intend tae imply is this, Sandy Nigg. Some place over there there is a bullet in a Gairman's pooch, and one day that bullet will find its way intil your insides as sure as if your name was written on it! That's what I meant. Jist a mainner of speakin'. Dae ye unnerstand me the noo?"
"'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.
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."
'But' with a wink 'let it be a lesson to ye never to tamper wi' yer son's correspondence. Ye're pretty sure to find mair nor ye expec'. Mrs. Robinson clasped her hands. 'Oh, dear! hoo can ye joke aboot it? What if Christina breaks her engagement. 'What? he cried, suddenly alarmed. 'Break her engagement! Surely ye dinna mean that! Did she say onything? Did she seem offended? Did she
"What is 't they tak haud o' to misca' them for?" asked Malcolm. "It's no sae muckle," answered Peter, "for onything they du, as for what they believe or dinna believe. There's an 'uman frae Clamrock was o' their pairty the nicht.
'I have an inklin', replied Teen, and said no more, though her face became yet more gravely troubled. 'Liz, she said suddenly, 'will ye tell me wan thing afore we gang doon to Bourhill, if we gang? 'What is't? 'Had Fordyce onything to dae wi' you gaun awa' when you did? 'Mind yer ain business, replied Liz, with the utmost calmness, not even changing colour.
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