It's to try and see if we can keep the rigging on this house, Francie.

If she had her way, we would be beggar-folk, and hold our hands out by the wayside.

When ye hear her--when ye hear folk,' he corrected himself briskly, 'call me a coward, and one that betrayed the Lord, and I kenna what else, just mind it was to keep a bed to ye to sleep in and a bite for ye to eat .-- On guard!' he cried, and the lesson proceeded again till they were called to supper.
'There's another thing yet,' said Francie, stopping his father.

'There's another thing that I am not sure that I am very caring for.

She--she sends me errands.' 'Obey her, then, as is your bounden duty,' said Traquair.
'Ay, but wait till I tell ye,' says the boy.