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Ericson recovered a little, refused the whisky offered by the bookseller, rose, and staggered out. 'If I were only home! he said. 'But where is home? 'We'll try to mak ane, returned Robert. 'Tak a haud o' me. Lay yer weicht upo' me. Gin it warna for yer len'th, I cud cairry ye weel eneuch. Whaur's that Shargar? he muttered to himself, looking up and down the gloomy street.
An' to think as he might ha' Mary Burge, an' be took partners, an' be a big man wi' workmen under him, like Mester Burge Dolly's told me so o'er and o'er again if it warna as he's set's heart on that bit of a wench, as is o' no more use nor the gillyflower on the wall. An' he so wise at bookin' an' figurin', an' not to know no better nor that!"
'But, she added thoughtfully, 'gien it warna that we're in Scotlan', and they're nigh-han' Rom', I wud hae been 'maist sure I had won intil ane o' the catacombs! 'Eh, losh, lat me awa to the hill! cried Steenie, stopping and half turning. 'I canna bide the verra word o' the craturs! 'What word than? asked Kirsty, a little surprised; for how did Steenie know anything about the catacombs?
"Ye hae me there, lassie. Na, I cudna lat it alane. An' I never did lat it alane. I plaguit the Lord nicht an' day till he loot me ken." "I tried hard last nicht," said Annie, "but the rottans war ower mony for me." "Sawtan has mony wiles," said the mason reflectively. "Do ye think they warna rottans? asked Annie. "Ow! nae doot. I daursay."
"Na," said Saunders; "I haena that, though I hae made up my mind to hae it oot wi' her this verra nicht if sae it micht be that ye warna needin' me, that is " he added, doubtfully, "but I hae guid reason to hope that Meg " "What reason have you, Saunders? Has Margaret expressed a preference for you in any way?" "Preference!" said Saunders; "'deed she has that, minister; a maist marked preference.
There's naebody in Glamerton spins like ye." "Maybe ay and maybe no. It's no muckle that that comes till. I wadna spin sae weel gin it warna that the Almichty pat some sicht into the pints o' my fingers, 'cause there was nane left i' my een.
And when he came home, instead of going up-stairs to Mr Cupples, he went straight to bed. The next morning, while he was at breakfast, Mr Cupples made his appearance in his room. "What cam' o' ye last nicht, bantam?" he asked kindly, but with evident uneasiness. "I cam' hame some tired, and gaed straucht to my bed." "But ye warna hame verra ear'." "I wasna that late." "Ye hae been drinkin' again.
'Because he turned blin' lang afore his en' cam, and there was naething ither he cud do. And he wad aye mak an honest baubee whan he cud; for siller was fell scarce at that time o' day amo' the Falconers. Sae he gaed throu the toon at five o'clock ilka mornin' playin' his pipes, to lat them 'at war up ken they war up in time, and them 'at warna, that it was time to rise.
If it warna that your father, auld David Deans, had been a tenant on our land, I would cry up the men-folk, and hae ye dookit in the burn for your impudence." Jeanie had already turned her back, and was walking towards the door of the court-yard, so that Mrs. Balchristie, to make her last threat impressively audible to her, had raised her stentorian voice to its utmost pitch.
The servant lassie, with an hour out, had stopped to speak to Bobby. She had not meant to stay long, but the lady, who didn't look in the least grand, began to think friendly things aloud. "The windows of the tenements are very clean." "Ay. The bairnies couldna see Bobby gin the windows warna washed." The lassie was pulling her adored little pet's ears, and Bobby was nuzzling up to her.
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