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'Why, Bertram replied, that he considered the original settlement of Mrs. Margaret Bertram as the arrangement most proper in the circumstances of the family, and that therefore the estate of Singleside was the property of his sister. 'The rascal! said Pleydell, wiping his spectacles. 'He'll steal my heart as well as my mistress. Et puis?
'Ay, ay; he respected the little god Cupid when he saw him perched on the Dun of Singleside. And is poor Lucy to keep house with that old fool and his wife, who is just the knight himself in petticoats? 'No; we parried that. Singleside House is to be repaired for the young people, and to be called hereafter Mount Hazlewood. 'And do you yourself, Colonel, propose to continue at Woodbourne?
Margaret Bertram of Singleside, requesting him to inform his clients thereof, in case they should judge it proper to have any person present for their interest at opening the repositories of the deceased. Mr. Glossin perceived at once that the letter-writer was unacquainted with the breach which had taken place between him and his late patron.
She drew up wi' Singleside, nae doubt, when she was his housekeeper, and it was a sair vex and grief to a' her kith and kin. But he acknowledged a marriage, and satisfied the kirk; and now I wad ken frae you if we hae not some claim by law? 'Not the shadow of a claim. 'Aweel, we're nae puirer, said Dandie; 'but she may hae thought on us if she was minded to make a testament.
'Ay, sir? said Dandie, in a disappointed tone. 'So ye winna take on wi' me, I'm doubting? 'Me! not I. Go home, go home, take a pint and agree. Dandie looked but half contented, and still remained stationary. 'Anything more, my friend? 'Only, sir, about the succession of this leddy that's dead, auld Miss Margaret Bertram o' Singleside.
A moss-grown and broken inscription informed the reader that in the year 1650 Captain Andrew Bertram, first of Singleside, descended of the very ancient and honourable house of Ellangowan, had caused this monument to be erected for himself and his descendants.
A moss-grown and broken inscription informed the reader that in the year 1650 Captain Andrew Bertram, first of Singleside, descended of the very ancient and honourable house of Ellangowan, had caused this monument to be erected for himself and his descendants.
But she felt a natural reluctance to enter any family for the first time as an object rather of benevolence than hospitality, and determined to wait the opinion and advice of her father's nearest female relation, Mrs. Margaret Bertram of Singleside, an old unmarried lady, to whom she wrote an account of her present distressful situation. The funeral of the late Mr.
"I'll bet a rump and dozen," said Pleydell, whispering to the Colonel, "he has got it in his own pocket;" then addressing the man of law, "Come, sir, we'll cut this short if you please-here is a settlement of the estate of Singleside, executed several years ago, in favour of Miss Lucy Bertram of Ellangowan "The company stared fearfully wild. "You, I presume, Mr.
"Ay, ay; he respected the little god Cupid when he saw him perched on the Dun of Singleside. And is poor Lucy to keep house with that old fool and his wife, who is just the knight himself in petticoats?" "No we parried that. Singieside House is to be repaired for the young people, and to be called hereafter Mount Hazlewood." "And do you yourself, Colonel, propose to continue at Woodbourne?"
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