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He's tae be married at once, a 'm hearin', an' this is tae be the drawin'-room; he wes here ten days syne the day after he wes eleckit: they 're aye in a hurry when they 're engaged an' seleckit a sma' room upstairs for his study; he didna think he wud need as lairge a room for bukes, an' he thocht the auld study wud dae fine for pairties.
"For tae tak' chairge of all Government property within sicht of this guairdhoose tae turrn out the guaird for all arrmed pairties approaching also the commanding officer once a day tae salute all officers tae challenge all pairsons approaching this post tae " His recital was interrupted by a fit of coughing. "Thank you," said the officer hastily; "that will do. Good night!"
'I dinna ask for leave jist for to gang to a rotten pairty. 'Ay, ye've mair to dae wi' yer leave, his father was beginning, with a wink, when his mother, with something of her old asperity, said: 'Macgreegor, that's no the way to speak o' pairties that folk gi'e in yer honour.
"Who are the pairties in the parlor? Is ane o' them 'Silvester? and t'other 'Delamayn?" pondered Mr. Bishopriggs, slowly folding the letter up again in its original form. "Hech, Sirs! what, being intairpreted, may a' this mean?" He mixed himself a second glass of toddy, as an aid to reflection, and sat sipping the liquor, and twisting and turning the letter in his gouty fingers.
And she said lightly, and by no means unkindly: 'Hullo, Mac! . . . Ye've had yer hair cut. From sheer relief after the long strain, something was bound to give way. The string on his finger snapped and the package, reaching the floor, gaily exploded. MRS. McOSTRICH ENTERTAINS 'I'm fed up wi' pairties, was Macgregor's ungracious response when informed at home of the latest invitation.
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