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Weir of Hermiston

CHAPTER VI--A LEAF FROM CHRISTINA'S PSALM-BOOK
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"The lassies, for ane." "But, Dand, you would never lee to me ?" she asked.
"I'll leave that for your pairt of it, ye girzie," said he.

"Ye'll lee to me fast eneuch, when ye hae gotten a jo.

I'm tellin' ye and it's true; when you have a jo, Miss Kirstie, it'll be for guid and ill.

I ken: I was made that way mysel', but the deil was in my luck! Here, gang awa wi' ye to your muirs, and let me be; I'm in an hour of inspiraution, ye upsetting tawpie!" But she clung to her brother's neighbourhood, she knew not why.
"Will ye no gie's a kiss, Dand ?" she said.

"I aye likit ye fine." He kissed her and considered her a moment; he found something strange in her.


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