[Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson]@TWC D-Link bookWeir of Hermiston CHAPTER VI--A LEAF FROM CHRISTINA'S PSALM-BOOK 49/50
She stood back; she had no mind to direct attention to her late arrival or to her labouring breath. "Kirstie, ye have shaved it this time, my lass ?" said Clem.
"Whaur were ye ?" "O, just taking a dander by mysel'," said Kirstie. And the talk continued on the subject of the American War, without further reference to the truant who stood by them in the covert of the dusk, thrilling with happiness and the sense of guilt. The signal was given, and the brothers began to go in one after another, amid the jostle and throng of Hob's children. Only Dandie, waiting till the last, caught Kirstie by the arm.
"When did ye begin to dander in pink hosen, Mistress Elliott ?" he whispered slyly. She looked down; she was one blush.
"I maun have forgotten to change them," said she; and went into prayers in her turn with a troubled mind, between anxiety as to whether Dand should have observed her yellow stockings at church, and should thus detect her in a palpable falsehood, and shame that she had already made good his prophecy.
She remembered the words of it, how it was to be when she had gotten a jo, and that that would be for good and evil.
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