This we carried with us in a bundle, meaning to sit and eat it in a bush of wood on the sea-shore, that we saw some third part of a mile in front.

As we went, I kept looking across the water and sighing to myself; and though I took no heed of it, Alan had fallen into a muse.

At last he stopped in the way.
"Did ye take heed of the lass we bought this of ?" says he, tapping on the bread and cheese.
"To be sure," said I, "and a bonny lass she was." "Ye thought that ?" cries he.

"Man, David, that's good news." "In the name of all that's wonderful, why so ?" says I."What good can that do ?" "Well," said Alan, with one of his droll looks, "I was rather in hopes it would maybe get us that boat." "If it were the other way about, it would be liker it," said I.
"That's all that you ken, ye see," said Alan.

"I don't want the lass to fall in love with ye, I want her to be sorry for ye, David; to which end there is no manner of need that she should take you for a beauty.