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Vun o' these dummies wos a favrite vith him beyond the others; and ven any of his acquaintance asked him wy he didn't get married as the young ladies he know'd, in partickler, often did he used to say, "Never! I never vill enter into the bonds of vedlock," he says, "until I meet vith a young 'ooman as realises my idea o' that 'ere fairest dummy vith the light hair.
"'There 's juist ae wy oot o' the room, an' it's by the door ye cam in at, a' said; 'maybe ye wud like tae come an' sit in the dinin'-room; ye 'll be less distrackit." And Rebecca charged John that no probationer should in future be allowed to enter the Doctor's sanctum on any consideration.
Simultaneously the other men glanced down the side street where it came into the Square, and when someone said, or whistled, "Wy, who the h-e-double-l is it?" everybody was waiting for an answer. They had not long to wait. The horseman in question galloped straight toward the group and drew rein in front of them only a few minutes later.
It was gettin' dark, but I noticed 'at he was short an' thin, an' I would hae said he wasna nane weel if it hadna been at' he gaed by at sic a steek. He didna look our wy at least no when he was close up, an' I set 'im doon for some ga'en aboot body. Na, I saw naething aboot 'im to be fleid at. "The aucht o'clock bell was ringin' when I saw 'im to speak to.
It's because of the hops in the beer," he found himself adding; "you know, hops are so good for ear-ache." "I 0 wy ollo oo," said the respectable Ugly-Wugly; and Gerald was not surprised to find that the thing did "not quite follow him." "It is a little difficult at first," he said. The other Ugly-Wuglies were crowding round.
'Will you allow me to in-quire wy you make up your bed under that 'ere deal table? said Sam. ''Cause I was always used to a four-poster afore I came here, and I find the legs of the table answer just as well, replied the cobbler. 'You're a character, sir, said Sam.
I couldna see wha was at it, but there maun have been somebody, for first the crittur waved to the window and next she kissed her hand to it, and syne she went on a bit, and syne she ran back close to the window and nodded and flung more kisses, and back and forrit she went a curran times as if she could hardly tear hersel' awa'. 'Wha's that you're so chief wi'? I speired when she came by me at last, but she just said, 'I won't tell you, in her dour wy, and she hasna come back yet."
"Well, then, he hasn't." Phoebe, going to bed, had seen Tom and Catharine outside the gate. "Wy, now, I myself see'd 'im out the night afore last, and I'd swear he come this way afore he went home." "He did not come in; he only brought Miss Catharine back from church: she'd gone there alone." Jim dropped his chisel.
Weel, I assure ye, I had nae suner said 'at he was rale wise to marry wha he likit than he slips a pound note into my hand. Ou, Jess, we've ta'en the wrang wy wi' Jeames. I've telt a' my bairns 'at if they meet him they're to praise the wife terrible, an' I'm far mista'en if that doesna mean five shillin's to ilka ane o' them."
"Not a-goin' to sea? Wy, his father's a captain, I 'xpect; a'n't he?" "No." "Mate, then, a'n't he?" "He is not a sailor at all." "Ha'n't never ben to sea?" "Never."
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