And we're telling them, after every meeting, that we'll een starve, if needs must, before we'll gie in to them.

I'm thinkin' it's to starvin' we'll come, the way things look.

Hoo are ye, Annie--better old girl ?" "I'm no that bad, Jamie," she answered, always, affectionately.

He knew she was lying to spare his feelings; they loved one another very dearly, did those two.

She looked down at the wee yin beside her in the bed.