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Good night!" "Good night, lads, an' better manners t'ye!" said Joe, as he sat down beside the little desk where the lightkeepers were wont during the lonely watch-hours of the night to read, or write, or meditate.
Seems a special mussy of th' A'mighty, an' if there's anythin' me an' my darter can do fur ye, ye'll let us know, Passon, for I'm darn grateful, an' feels as 'ow the beast pulled round arter I'd spoke t'ye about 'er.
Will my leddy wear it for luck?" I took it from his hand. "As a gift?" I asked, smiling. "I wadna tak ony money for't," he answered, with a curious expression of something like fear passing over his brown, weather- beaten features "'Tis fairies' making." I put the little bunch in my dress. As I did so, he doffed his cap. "Good day t'ye! I'll be no seein' ye this way again!" "Why not?
Neither is a castle, however secure in its situation, to be accounted altogether invincible, or, as they say, impregnable; for I protest t'ye, Sir Duncan, that I have known twenty-five men, by the mere surprise and audacity of the attack, win, at point of pike, as strong a hold as this of Ardenvohr, and put to the sword, captivate, or hold to the ransom, the defenders, being ten times their own number."
I always meant to do it! he said, sighing again. 'But you owe me nothing! returned Anne, holding them out. 'Don't say it! cried Uncle Benjy, covering his eyes. 'Put 'em away. . . . Well, if you don't want 'em But put 'em away, dear Anne; they are for you, because you have kept my counsel. Good-night t'ye. Yes, they are for you.
Betty is the doctor's poor kinswoman, and a pretty girl she is; but no matter for that; ay, and dutiful girl to her parents, whom she visits regularly every year, though I must own I could never learn in what county they live, My service t'ye, gentlemen." By this time dinner being ready, I waked my companion, and we ate altogether with great cheerfulness.
How are all our friends in the North? or it may be 'Have ye heard from the North lately? And you may be sure, I make my best courtesy, and answer, 'My Lord Duke, I hope your Grace's noble Duchess, and your Grace's young ladies, are well; and I hope the snuff continues to give your Grace satisfaction. And then ye will see the people in the shop begin to look about them; and if there's a Scotsman, as there may be three or half-a-dozen, aff go the hats, and mony a look after him, and 'There goes the Prince of Scotland, God bless him! But ye have not told me yet the very words he said t'ye."
Good night!" "Good night, lads, an' better manners t'ye!" said Joe, as he sat down beside the little desk where the lightkeepers were wont during the lonely watch-hours of the night to read, or write, or meditate.
By this time he had completed a lodgment in the body of the place, or, in other words, advanced his seat close to the table. "And now, Mr Francis Stewart of Bothwell, I have the honour to drink your gude health, and a commission t'ye, and much luck may ye have in raking this country clear o'whigs and roundheads, fanatics and Covenanters."
"Here's t'ye, gentlemen, no forgettin' the fair leddy in the stern-sheets." While he was drinking the gin the lieutenant turned to his men "Get out the keg, lads, from which that came, and refill the flask. Hold it well up in the moonlight, and see that ye don't spill a single drop, as you value your lives. Hey! my man, what ails you?
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