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"Ye may weel believe," resumed the old woman after a short pause, "at nane o' 's was ower wullin' to sit wi' the corp oor lane, for, as I say, he wasna a comely corp to be a body's lane wi'. Sae auld auntie Jean an' mysel', we agreed 'at we wad tak the thing upo' oorsel's, for, huz twa, we cud lippen til ane anither no to be ower feart to min' 'at there was twa o' 's.
"It was a' a mistak' an' naebody is to blame. We are just driven alang, an' we canna help oorsel's it's awfu' to hae sic feelin's an' an' no' hae any poo'er to guide them richt it's ay the things we want maist that we dinna get. Kiss me, Rob kiss me, as you kissed me yon nicht on the muir. Haud me like you an' I think I can gang content. Oh, Rob, ay liket you it was you I wanted a' the time!"
"Maybe we dinna look at thae things richt," she again resumed. "We we mak' mistak's and canna help oorsel's; but God dinna mean it as as a mistak'. It's a' because we think it is. Everything's richt but we mak' them wrang in the way we look at them. It wad hae been a' richt in oor mind, if I had been married afore afore it happened but because we werena married it was wrang.
"She's jist like ane o' oorsel's," whispered Annie to her husband on the first opportunity, "only a hantle better an' bonnier." They took the nearest way to the harbor through the town and Lady Clementina and Blue Peter kept up a constant talk as they went.
But between oorsel's now, if a man asked ye how many miles it was frae a seaport, and whether ships come there from the East, and whether there were tramps on the road, and whether it was against the lease for him to build a high wall round the grounds, what would ye make of it, eh?" "I should certainly think him eccentric," said I.
Mistress Faukner, honest lady, an' lang hae I kent her, 's no sae auld a frien' to you, Mr. Ericson, as oorsel's nae offence to her, ye ken. A'body canna be frien's to a'body, ane as lang 's anither, ye ken. ''Deed I maun alloo, Miss Naper, interposed Robert, 'it's only fair. Ye see, Mr. Ericson, I cud see as muckle o' ye almost, the tae way as the tither.
"She wadna, gien she hadna seen I was gaein' straucht til her father!" returned Agnes. "I daursay; but God only kens hoo to mak the true differ 'atween what we du o' oorsel's, an' what we're gart. We maun hae mercy, an' i' the meantime she's ashamed eneuch. At least she has the luik o' 't." "It's ae thing to be ashamed 'cause ye hae dune wrang, an' anither to be ashamed 'cause ye're f'un' oot!"
"But what wad come o' yersel' an' Aggie wi'oot, a place to lay yer heid? We're no to mak oorsel's a' sae ill aff as was the Maister; we maun lea' that to his wull. Ye wadna hae HER luik doon an' see ye in less comfort nor whan she was wi' ye!" "Thereanent, sir, I had a word o' proposal to mak," rejoined Jeames.
'I beg yer pardon? 'Ach, ye ken what I mean. He fancied we wud enjoy a wee whiley jist by oorsel's. 'Speak for yersel'! I'm thinkin' it was exceedingly rude o' him to slope wi'oot tellin' me he had enjoyed his tea. 'He asked me to tell ye that he hadna enjoyed hissel' sae weel since his uncle's funeral, ten year back. Christina gave a little sniff. 'That's a nice sort o' compliment.
I wonder ye're no 'shamed to crass ma door! Ye live on me; ye suck ma blood, ye foul-mouthed leech. Wullie and me brak' oorsel's to keep ye in hoose and hame and what's yer gratitude? Ye plot to rob us of oor rights." He dropped the boy's coat and stood back. "No rights about it," said David, still keeping his temper. "If I win is it no ma right as muckle as ony Englishman's?"
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