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Ye hae dune naething to be ashamed o' like him. 'Ay; but it's this. I wadna hae her hear the trowth aboot me frae that boar's mou' o' his first. I wad hae her hear 't frae my ain, an' syne she canna think I meant to tak her in. At this moment there was a movement in the group. Shargar, receiving no reply, looked round at Robert. It was now Shargar's turn to be surprised at his expression.
One evening the longing after her voice grow upon him till he could resist it no longer. He shut the door of his garret-room, and, with Shargar by him, took her out and began to play softly, gently oh so softly, so gently! Shargar was enraptured. Robert went on playing. Suddenly the door opened, and his grannie stood awfully revealed before them.
'I'll never luik at it; I'll never mint at dreamin' o' 't, answered Shargar, coweringly. 'Gin she pits 't intil my moo', I'll spit it oot. But gin ye strive wi' me, Bob, I'll cut my throat I will; an' that'll be seen and heard tell o'. All this time, save during the alarm of Mrs.
When hope was growing dim, after an hour and a half of vain endeavour, a scream of utter discordance heralded the resurrection of the lady of harmony. Taught by his experience of his wild mother's habits to guess at those of douce Mrs. Falconer, Shargar had found the instrument in her bed at the foot, between the feathers and the mattress.
But in a few minutes a face white as a shroud was turned round upon him from the group in front, like the moon dawning out of a cloud. He stopped at once, saying to himself, 'I was right; and rising, mingled again with the crowd. A few minutes after, he saw Shargar leading Miss Hamilton out of the room, and Lady Janet following.
I'll pay you, said the doctor. 'But Robert wadna like me to tak siller whaur I did nae wark for 't, objected Shargar. But I'll jist say 'at ye garred me, doctor. Maybe that 'll saitisfee him. An' faith! I'm queer aboot my left fin here. 'We'll soon set it all right, said the doctor. When they reached his house he led the way to his surgery, and there put the broken limb in splints.
Then the tail was unrolled, and the dragon ascended steady as an angel whose work is done. Shargar took the stick at the end of the string, and Robert resumed his violin. But the creature was hard to lead in such a wind; so they made a loop on the string, and passed it round Shargar's chest, and he tugged the dragon home.
'What's that, mem? returned Betty. 'It wasna a lass ava; it was that crater Shargar. 'Ye said it was a lass yersel' first, mem. 'Ye ken weel eneuch that I'm short sichtit, an' hae been frae the day o' my birth.
Towards the close of the four years he had leave of absence, and was on his way home. About the same time Robert, in consequence of a fever brought on by over-fatigue, was in much need of a holiday; and Dr. Anderson proposed that he should meet Moray at Southampton. Shargar had no expectation of seeing him, and his delight, not greater on that account, broke out more wildly.
Anderson was to be found generally in the lower parts of it, for the good man visited much among the poor; giving them almost exclusively the benefit of his large experience. Shargar delighted in keeping an eye upon the doctor, carefully avoiding to show himself. The morning was very sharp. There was no snow, but a cold fog, like vaporized hoar-frost, filled the air.
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