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I see Elga coming with a dish of good Scotch collops, and I give thee my word that I will not spoil their savour by any unpleasant talk." Then he poured a little fine Glenlivet into a good deal of water and said: "Here's first to the glory of God! and then to the honour of England!" And Sunna touched his glass with her glass and the little ceremony put both in a very happy mood.
"Thou might have made it ten. There is one girl on thy list it would be better without." "Art thou thinking of Sunna Vedder, Mother?" "Yes, I am thinking of Sunna Vedder." "Well and good. But if Sunna is not here, Boris would feel as if there was no one present. It is Sunna he wants to see. It is Sunna he wants to please. He says he is so sorry for her." "Why?"
There has come news, and I want thy opinion on it. The Ragnors had a dinner party today, and we were not asked." "A great lie is that! Conall Ragnor would not give Queen Victoria a party in Lent. Who told thee such foolishness?" Then Sunna retailed the information given her and asked, "What hast thou done to Conall Ragnor? Always before he bid thee to dinner when the Bishop was at his house?
All this I had from Boris, and it is the truth; as for what reports have grown from it, I give them no heed. Sunna was deceitful and imprudent. I would not think worse of her than she deserves." "Rahal, I am much thy debtor. This affair I will now take into my own hands. To thee, my promise stands good for all my life days and thou may tell Boris, it may be worth his while to forgive Sunna.
She then said, with glowing pride, casting a sneer on the king's hospitality, "In the days of yore, Sunna, whenever visitors came to see him, immediately presented them with women, and, secondly, with food; for he was very particular in looking after his guests' welfare, which is not exactly what you find the case now, I presume."
I shall want my dinner very soon, and some other thing we will talk about. Let it go until there is a word to say or a movement to make." "I will be ready for thee at twelve o'clock." With a feeling of content in her heart, Sunna went away. Had she not the Burns story to tell?
There is a question I know not how to answer. I am wanting thy help." "If that be so, speak thy mind to me." "I want a few words of advice about a woman." "Is that woman thy granddaughter, Sunna?" "A right guess thou hast made." "Then I would rather not speak of her." "Thy reason? What is it?" "She is too clever for a simple woman like me. I have not two faces.
"Yes one can only bear so much happiness, then it is weariness sometimes crossness. Too much of any good thing is a bad thing." "How wise thou art, Sunna." "I live with wisdom." "With Adam Vedder?" "Yes, and thou hast been living with Love, with Mr. Macrae. Very handsome and good-natured he is. I am sure that thou art in love with him! Is that not the case?"
It was something, however, that pleased her much more than jewelry; it was a likeness of Boris, a daguerreotype the first that had ever reached Kirkwall. A narrow scrap of paper was within the clasp, on which Boris had written, "I am all thine! Forget me not!" Sunna usually made a pretense of despising anything sentimental but this example filled her heart with joy and satisfaction.
Adam was enchanted; he threw down his knife and fork and made the room ring with laughter and triumph so genuine that Sunna much against her will was compelled to laugh with him. They heard the happy thunder in the kitchen, and wondered whatever was the matter with the Master. "It is Robert Burns, his own self, and no other man.
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