I'll not be marryin' a wife, I mean by that.
"But I like that yin of yours.

And here's what I'm offerin' ye.

I'll adopt him, gi'en you'll let me ha' him for my ain.

I'll save his life.
I'll bring him up strong and healthy, as a gentleman and a gentleman's son.

And I'll gie ye a hundred pounds to boot--a hundred pounds that'll be the saving of your wife's life, so that she can be made strong and healthy to bear ye other bairns when you're at work again." "Gie up the wean ?" cried Jamie, his face working.