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She was a sweet-faced old lady, alert, and as young as Peter Junior's father, for all she was his aunt, and now she apologized for her eagerness by saying, as she often did: "Ye mind he's mair like my brither than my nephew, for we all used to play together Peter, Katherine, and me. We were aye friends. She was like a sister, and he like a brither. Ah, weel, we're auld noo."
"By my conscience, you're no small judge of spirits, wherever you learned it," said the major; "it's like Islay malt!" "I was aye reckoned a gude ane," said the doctor, "and my mither's brither Caimbogie had na his like in the north country. Ye may be heerd tell what he aince said to the Duchess of Argyle, when she sent for him to taste her claret."
"Ay, ay, Marget, sae it's come to this. Weel, we daurna complain, ye ken. Be thankfu' ye haena lost your man and five sons, besides twa sisters and a brither, no to mention cousins. That wud be something to speak aboot, and Losh keep's, there's nae saying but he micht hang on a whilie. Ay, ay, it's a sair blow aifter a' that wes in the papers.
Mac would never be other than our impetuous brither Scot, distinct from all other men, for the bush never robs her children of their individuality.
"I can hold my whist, Maggie; if it's your will, I'll no speak your name. And I hope I hae keepit a' things to your liking in the cottage. If sae, you might gie me a screed o' writing to your brither, sae that when he comes again, he'll be contented, and willing to let me bide on here." "I'll do that gladly, Mysie. Hoo is a' wi' you anent wark and siller?"
Mrs McNab carved the joint at the sideboard, and directed the movements of the maid by a series of glares which appeared to be fraught with wondrous significance. "Brither Elgood" took the head of the table, and beamed upon his companions with cherubic good-nature, while his brother sat on his left, immersed in thought and his dinner.
"You have discernment indeed to recognize a gentleman in Scotch clothes," I replied, turning the laugh on him. "Dinna raise ae Buckskin, Mr. Rawlinson," said a man in corduroy. "Rawlinson!" I exclaimed at random, "there is one of your name in the colonies who knows his station better." "Trowkt!" cried mine host, "ye ken Ivie o' Maryland, Ivie my brither?"
Robert, gin it had only pleased the Almichty to sen' me into the warl' in a some respectable kin' o' a fashion! 'Wi' a chance a' gaein' aboot the country like that curst villain yer brither, I suppose? retorted Robert, rousing himself for a moment. 'Na, na, responded Shargar. 'I'll stick to my ain mither. She never learned me sic tricks. 'Do ye that. Ye canna compleen o' God.
He's sic a leveller as was feow afore 'im, I doobt, wi' his gowd ringt man, an' his cloot cled brither! He pat me in twa min's, my lord, whan I got up, whether I wad touch my bonnet to yer lordship or no." Malcolm laughed with hearty appreciation.
"An' weel I wat! he was na ane to sing, the auld captain. Did ye never hear tell o' 'im, laddie?" "Gien ye mean the auld brither o' the laird o' that time, him 'at cam hame frae his sea-farin' to the East Indies " "Ay, ay; that's him! Ye hae h'ard tell o' 'im!
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