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'I thocht that was a'! he said with some satisfaction. 'I kent the string whan I heard it. But we'll sune get a new thairm till her, he added, in a tone of sorrowful commiseration and condolence, as he took the violin from the case, tenderly as if it had been a hurt child. One touch of the bow, drawing out a goul of grief, satisfied him that she was uninjured.
I believe not a day passed in which Thomas did not pray for him in secret, naming him by his name, and lingering over it mournfully "Alexander Forbes the young man that I thocht wad hae been pluckit frae the burnin' afore noo. But thy time's the best, O Lord. It's a' thy wark; an' there's no good thing in us. And thou canst turn the hert o' man as the rivers o' water.
'But I can, said Robert. 'I don't doubt it, returned Ericson. 'But I owe you too much already. 'Gin ever we win hame I mean to the heart o' hame ye can pay me there. 'There will be no need then. 'Whaur's the need than to mak sic a wark aboot a saxpence or twa atween this and that? I thocht ye cared for naething that time or space or sense could grip or measure. Mr.
The entrance was light, but the house place was empty. Smiling to himself, he went in, and stood upon the snow-white hearth, and glanced round the dear, familiar room. Nothing was changed. In a moment or two he heard a step; he looked eagerly toward it, and a very pleasant-looking old woman entered. "I thocht it wad be you, Maister Campbell. Welcome hame, sir!
Eh! but she was a bonnie wuman as ever I saw, an' that quaiet! It's my belief she never thocht aboot her ain beowty frae week's en' to week's en', and that's no sayin' little is 't, Aggy? 'I never preten't ony richt to think aboot sic, returned Miss Lammie, with a mild indignation. 'That's richt, lass. Od, ye're aye i' the richt though I say 't 'at sudna.
At last she sat up and gasped fearfully, "I thocht I thocht I heard something moving!" "It would be the wind," plained her mother; "it would just be the wind. John's asleep this strucken hour and mair. I sat by his bed for a lang while, and he prigged and prayed for a dose o' the whisky ere he won away. He wouldna let go my hand till he slept, puir fallow. There's an unco fear on him an unco fear.
She wad spell oot the bit writin' on't, and she thocht there was naethin' sae bonnie as the picture o' the goblet on the ither side o't. And she wad thrust her wee bit haun' intil Donald's wes'coat pocket, where he aye keepit the token, an' she wad tak' it oot an' luik at it, an' no' ask for sweeties or gang to sleep or greet, like ither bairns.
I thocht they were aff an' gane," exclaimed the trader as he turned and strode up the beach. I inwardly laughed, for any man red, white, black, or yellow who could make such a hard-headed old Scotsman as Donald Mackenzie loosen up, was certainly clever; and the way old Oo-koo-hoo made off with such a lot of supplies proved him more than a match for the trader.
Whan I took hame yer leddyship's buik the ither day, ye sent me half a croon by the han' o' yer servan' lass. Afore her I wasna gaein' to disalloo onything ye pleased wi' regaird to me; an' I thocht wi' mysel' it was maybe necessar' for yer leddyship's dignity an' the luik o' things " "How dare you hint at any understanding between you and me?" exclaimed the girl in cold anger.
Liz looked round in a somewhat scared manner into her companion's face. 'D'ye read the Bible? she asked bluntly. 'I never dae, so I canna mind that. I never thocht onybody read it or believed it, I mean except ministers that are paid for it. 'Oh, that is quite a mistake, said Gladys warmly. 'A great many people read it, because they love it, and because it helps them in the battle of life.
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