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Tak' the boat, Angus. I'll tak' the blame o' it! David Promoter willna publish a thief in his ain house; he's o'er much set up wi' himsel' and his gude name." "Thank you, Mistress Caird; I'll tak' it. If a man tak's your sweetheart, you may weel tak' his boat. I'll bring you part o' my luck, when the boat comes hame at night."
When she was ready, Inspector Pryor would have escorted her down stairs, but she shook off his hand with angry scorn, and with an expletive that made even his case-hardened ears burn and tingle again. "If I maun gae, I will gae; but I willna hae your filthy hand on me, ye beastly de'il!" she added, as she reached the cab.
And yet how few, when the air of this world is clearest, ever come into essential contact with those they love best! But the triumph of Love, while most it seems to delay, is yet ceaselessly rushing hitherward on the wings of the morning. 'Willna ye gang as far as the door wi' me, Steenie? she said. 'I wull do that, Kirsty. But ye're no feart, are ye? 'Na, no a grain! What would I be feart for?
'Common sense, retorted the Minister, 'willna tak ye verra far. Common sense assures me the world is flat, an' stands stock still in the centre o' things. 'Common sense, echoed his companion; 'man alive! why it includes the use of all the rational faculties. What I mean is that folk get wedded to a theory and disregard the practical side o' things.
His father looked at him again, as if still hoping against hope for some kinder word. Then he turned to his younger sons. "Archie, Hugh, little Jockie, ye willna take part against your ain faither?" "We hold with our brothers!" said the three, speaking at once. At this moment there came running in at the door of the tent a lad of ten Henry, the youngest of the Avondale brothers.
Had you work that must be pushed in spite o' His work?" "I felt kind o' shamed then at my hurry, and I said, 'Doctor, you'll hae heard tell o' the calamity that has come to our house? And he answered, 'I hae heard; but we willna call it a calamity, David, seeing that it was o' His ordering." "'It was very suddent, sir, I said, and he lookit at me, and said, 'His messengers fly very swiftly.
But, man, ye're jist behavin' to me like God himsel', an' gin it warna for you, I wad jist lie here roarin' an' greitin' an' damnin' frae mornin' to nicht. Ye will be in the morn's night willna ye? he would always end by asking with some anxiety. 'Of coorse I will, Robert would answer. 'Gude nicht, than, gude nicht. I'll try and get a sicht o' my sins ance mair, he added, one evening.
"That's oor bell i' the parish kirk; there's no ither ane." "What is it ringing for? To-day is Thursday," asked Mr. Blake. "Aye," responded the other, "this is the fast day. Sabbath's the sacrament, ye ken, and they're maist awfu' strict aboot the fast day. They wadna work that day, nae mair than on the Sabbath. They willna even whustle. Ae mornin' I met Davie Drewry, an' 'twas the fast day.
'Ye would win to the speech of the lassie, suggested David, 'gin that be what ye want! 'Na kenning me, she willna look at me. Wait till I do that which may gar her look at me, said the chivalrous youth.
Good man, you've brought some rum, I see, and 'I willna say no, as poor Morrison used to say." Atkins, whose hand was shaking with excitement, for he thought that perhaps Harvey was mortally wounded and was only assuming cheerfulness, gave him a stiff tot of rum. "Here's luck to you, Atkins. Tessa dear, don't cry. Atkins will fix me up in a brace of shakes as soon as we get to the village.
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