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"Ninian Campbell," I went on, "bade me ask for him here, and I was to tell you that the lymphads are on the loch and the horn of Diarmaid has sounded." In a twinkling his face changed from vacancy to shrewdness and from senility to purpose. He glanced uneasily round. "For God's sake, speak soft," he whispered. "Come inside, man. We'll steek the door, and then I'll hear your business."
'But now, hinny, that ye hae brought us the brandy, and the mug wi' the het water, and the sugar, and a' right, ye may steek the door, ye see, for we wad hae some o' our ain cracks. The damsel accordingly retired and shut the door of the apartment, to which she added the precaution of drawing a large bolt on the outside.
Vociferously he called to the others to come and see, and instantly trade was stopped. The Factor, the clerk, and the Indians, rushed to the doorway to obtain a glimpse of the long-expected packet. For two days the storm had raged, and the snow was still blowing in clouds that blotted out the neighbouring forest. "Come awa', Bateese, ye auld fule! Come awa' ben, an steek yon door!
'But now, hinny, that ye hae brought us the brandy, and the mug wi' the het water, and the sugar, and a' right, ye may steek the door, ye see, for we wad hae some o' our ain cracks. The damsel accordingly retired and shut the door of the apartment, to which she added the precaution of drawing a large bolt on the outside.
She was always telling herself what she intended to do, either at the moment or afterwards. "This pan needs to be scoured." "Thae stockings maun be darned." "This sark is as black as the lum, and maun be plotted." "The floor needs scrubbing." "Tammas's coat is crying, 'A steek in time saves nine, and by my faith it says true;" and so on.
"Wuman," said Jean, "ken an' I care naething aboot ye, an' mair, I dinna like ye, nor the luik o' ye; and gien 't war a fine simmer nicht 'at a body cud lie thereoot, or gang the farther, I wad steek the door i' yer face; but that I daurna dee the day again' my neebour's soo; sae ye can come in an' sit doon' an', my min' spoken, ye s' get what'll haud the life i' ye, an' a puckle strae i' the barn.
Hobart inherited both his bell and his nickname from his father, who was not a native of Thrums. He came from some distant part where the people speak of snecking the door, meaning shut it. In Thrums the word used is steek, and sneck seemed to the inhabitants so droll and ridiculous that Hobart got the name of Snecky.
The good woman was only heard to call to some of her assistants "Steek the door! steek the door! kill or be killed, let naebody pass out till they hae paid the lawin."
She tapped the holster on her thigh and gazed at him quite guilelessly out of wide and trustful eyes. "You see? I dare not even come here to wash my clothes unless I carry this in case some Boche comes prowling." "Whose pistol is it?" he asked. "The weapon belongs to Monsieur Steek. When I come to wash here I borrow it."
Mac-Morlan perused it with eyes that sparkled with delight, snapped his fingers repeatedly, and at length exclaimed, 'Available! it's as tight as a glove; naebody could make better wark than Glossin, when he didna let down a steek on purpose. 'Ah! And how shall we know whether she has done so? 'Somebody must attend on Miss Bertram's part when the repositories of the deceased are opened.
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