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"There is but one o' the esquires that is Barbara Halliburton's son," answered the Bailie; "the ither is her ain man and a great ram-stam, unbiddable, unhallowed deevil he is Guid forbid that I should say as muckle to his face!" The knights had moved slowly out from their pavilions on either side, and now stood waiting the order to charge.
"Won't have him! and in the name of all that's unbiddable and undutiful, who will you have, if one may ax that, or do you intend, to have any one at all, or not?" "Let me see," she said, putting the side of her forefinger to her lips, "what day is this? Thursday.
"Faith, sir," continued the woman, beating time with her hand in the air; "faith, sir, it is not aisy for a poor woman to manage unbiddable childer." "What part of Ireland do you come from, Mrs K?" said I. She hesitated a second or two, and played with her chin; then, blushing slightly, she replied in a subdued tone, "County Galway, sir." "Well," said I, "you've no need to be ashamed of that."
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