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After being turnit frae the castle like a thief, or a beggar, or a dog! after being threatened wi' a constable and a prison if I ever showed my face here; but once mair I hae come agen, in obedience to your bidding! Come creeping, creeping, creeping ander the castle wa', by night, like ony puir cat afeared o' scauding water! Ay, me laird, I'm here, mair fule I!" replied a woman's voice.
And then, when I told him it was in your matter, he said if he had known before he would have risked a scauding for you, because he minded the brave old lord, your father. Linklater's part, but I am not at present able to produce my authority.
"He's e'en at his supper, puir thing," answered Madge; "deil an ye were at yours, too, an it were scauding brimstone, and then we wad hae less o' your din." "His supper!" answered the more sulky ruffian "What d'ye mean by that! Tell me where he is, or I will knock your Bedlam brains out!" "He's in Gaffer Gablewood's wheat-close, an ye maun ken."
Sir John was silent again for a long time, and at last he said, very composedly, 'Steenie, this story of yours concerns the honour of many a noble family besides mine; and if it be a leasing-making, to keep yourself out of my danger, the least you can expect is to have a redhot iron driven through your tongue, and that will be as bad as scauding your fingers wi' a redhot chanter.
"He's e'en at his supper, puir thing," answered Madge; "deil an ye were at yours, too, an it were scauding brimstone, and then we wad hae less o' your din." "His supper!" answered the more sulky ruffian "What d'ye mean by that! Tell me where he is, or I will knock your Bedlam brains out!" "He's in Gaffer Gablewood's wheat-close, an ye maun ken."
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