[David Balfour, Second Part by Robert Louis Stevenson]@TWC D-Link bookDavid Balfour, Second Part CHAPTER XII 14/17
But where to ?--deil hae't! This is like old days fairly," cries he. "There is one big differ, though," said I, "that now we have money in our pockets." "And another big differ, Mr.Balfour," says he, "that now we have dogs at our tail.
They're on the scent; they're in full cry, David.
It's a bad business and be damned to it." And he sat thinking hard with a look of his that I knew well. "I'm saying, Luckie," says he, when the goodwife returned, "have ye a back road out of this change house ?" She told him there was and where it led to. "Then, sir," says he to me, "I think that will be the shortest road for us.
And here's good-bye to ye, my braw woman; and I'll no forget thon of the cinnamon water." We went out by way of the woman's kale yard, and up a lane among fields. Alan looked sharply to all sides, and seeing we were in a little hollow place of the country, out of view of men, sat down. "Now for a council of war, Davie," said he.
"But first of all, a bit lesson to ye.
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