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"Weel, the short and the lang o' 't that nicht was, that they gaed a' to their beds. Never a horse or horse was i' the stable, but the yerl's ain beasts no ae hair left ahin' to shaw that they had been there! an' i' the chaumers allotted to their riders, never a pair o' sheets had been sleepit in.
"I wasna ane o' the sleepin' kind; I aye paid attention in the hoose o' God. I only sleepit ance an' I cudna help it, for oor Jeanie was born that mornin' an' that was a work o' needcessity. An' what's mair, I aye took notes o' the discoorse, an' I hae them yet.
Grannie was again at her wheel, and Cosmo sat down in her chair to await his father's return. "Whaur said ye the captain sleepit whan he was at the castle?" he inquired across the buzz and whiz and hum of the wheel.
'Na, na; I ken naething for ither fowk only for mysel; and that's whiles mair nor I can win roun', no to say gie again! 'Some nicht ye'll lat me bide oot wi' ye a' nicht? I wud sair like it, Steenie! 'Ye sail, Kirsty; but it maun be some nicht ye hae sleepit a' day. 'Eh, but I cudna do that, tried I ever sae hard! 'Ye cud lie i' yer bed ony gait, and mak the best o' 't!
"It's clean havers about the muir. Losh keep's, we've a' sleepit oot and never been a hair the waur. "A' admit that England micht hae dune the job; it's no cannie stravagin' yon wy frae place tae place, but Drums never complained tae me if he hed been nippit in the Sooth."
An I had kend, I wad hae gien him my ain bed, and sleepit in the byre or he had gane up by; but it canna be helpit now. The neist thing's to get him cannily awa the morn, and I judge he'll be in nae hurry to come back again." "My puir maister!" said Cuddie; "and maun I no speak to him, then?" "For your life, no," said Jenny.
With an exclamation which awoke her companion, she leaped up, and ran to break up the fire, which was smouldering in the grate. 'Mercy me! it's eleeven o'clock; but it's Sunday mornin', so it doesna matter, she said almost blithely, for in the morning everything seems brighter, and even hard places less hard. 'My certy, Liz, ye've sleepit weel. Hae ye ever wakened?
An I had kend, I wad hae gien him my ain bed, and sleepit in the byre or he had gane up by; but it canna be helpit now. The neist thing's to get him cannily awa the morn, and I judge he'll be in nae hurry to come back again." "My puir maister!" said Cuddie; "and maun I no speak to him, then?" "For your life, no," said Jenny.
"Why, what's the matter now? are there not beds and rooms enough in the house? was it not an ancient hospitium, in which, I am warranted to say, beds were nightly made down for a score of pilgrims?" "Is there not the Green Room, Grizel?" "Troth is there, and it is in decent order too, though naebody has sleepit there since Dr. Heavysterne, and" "And what?" "And what!
"Why, what's the matter now? are there not beds and rooms enough in the house? was it not an ancient hospitium, in which, I am warranted to say, beds were nightly made down for a score of pilgrims?" "Is there not the Green Room, Grizel?" "Troth is there, and it is in decent order too, though naebody has sleepit there since Dr. Heavysterne, and" "And what?" "And what!
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