speering

Updated: May 8, 2025

"What needs ye be aye speering then at folk?" retorted Effie. "I'm sure, if ye'll ask nae questions, I'll tell ye nae lees. "Because ye ken very weel he comes to see our father," said Jeanie, in answer to this pert remark.

Sir Walter Scott - The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1