There'll be nae skaith to yoursel' if I keep ye here; far frae that, I think ye'll be a hantle better by it.

There'll be nae skaith to the kintry--just ae mair Hielantman hangit--Gude kens, a guid riddance! On the ither hand it would be considerable skaith to me if I would let you free.

Sae, speakin' as a guid Whig, an honest freen' to you, and an anxious freen' to my ainsel', the plain fact is that I think ye'll just have to bide here wi' Andie an' the solans." "Andie," said I, laying my hand upon his knee, "this Hielantman's innocent." "Ay, it's a peety about that," said he.

"But ye see in this warld, the way God made it, we cannae just get a'thing that we want." * * * * *.