I am such an auld fool, that everything I look on seems the thing I want maist to see.

But the East Indies! that cannot be.

Weel, be what ye will, ye hae a face and a tongue that puts me in mind of auld times.

Good day; make haste on your road, and if ye see ony of our folk, meddle not and make not, and they'll do you nae harm.' Brown, who had by this time received his change, put a shilling into her hand, bade his hostess farewell, and, taking the route which the farmer had gone before, walked briskly on, with the advantage of being guided by the fresh hoof-prints of his horse.

Meg Merrilies looked after him for some time, and then muttered to herself, 'I maun see that lad again; and I maun gang back to Ellangowan too.