Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 207William Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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Page 25
... Laird ken ye're comin ' , for if he kens , what wye did he no ' sen ' the gig tae meet ye ? " " He doesn't know that I intended coming by this train , though he expects me any day now , " I replied , somewhat nettled by this cross ...
... Laird ken ye're comin ' , for if he kens , what wye did he no ' sen ' the gig tae meet ye ? " " He doesn't know that I intended coming by this train , though he expects me any day now , " I replied , somewhat nettled by this cross ...
Page 33
... Laird , you ken your ain affairs best . But as for the bairn , if you dinna ken his complaint , it's no ' for want o ' telling . The puir laddie was getting on fine while you were awa ' , but you're no ' twa weeks back before he breaks ...
... Laird , you ken your ain affairs best . But as for the bairn , if you dinna ken his complaint , it's no ' for want o ' telling . The puir laddie was getting on fine while you were awa ' , but you're no ' twa weeks back before he breaks ...
Page 34
... Laird Tanish , it's nae pleasure tae visit the Big Hoose these days , but there's sich a thing as medical etiquette , and I maun hand ower the case daoently and in orrder . Sae ye'll ha'e tae bear wi ' me for yin mair veesit , Laird ...
... Laird Tanish , it's nae pleasure tae visit the Big Hoose these days , but there's sich a thing as medical etiquette , and I maun hand ower the case daoently and in orrder . Sae ye'll ha'e tae bear wi ' me for yin mair veesit , Laird ...
Page 35
... Laird himself was in a transition state be- tween fury and civility , which rendered his conversation stilted and unnatural , besides which he must have been more or less annoyed with me for sid- ing , however mildly , with his enemy ...
... Laird himself was in a transition state be- tween fury and civility , which rendered his conversation stilted and unnatural , besides which he must have been more or less annoyed with me for sid- ing , however mildly , with his enemy ...
Page 36
... Laird Tanish , with whom , after what I had seen and heard that evening , I did not feel at all comfortable . We talked mainly of the little boy , Duncan , whom I had not yet seen . According to the account given me by his father ...
... Laird Tanish , with whom , after what I had seen and heard that evening , I did not feel at all comfortable . We talked mainly of the little boy , Duncan , whom I had not yet seen . According to the account given me by his father ...
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