Mercy presairve us! ye need the siller at every turn, when there's a woman at yer heels.

It's an awfu' reflection--ye canna hae any thing to do wi' the sex they ca' the opposite sex without its being an expense to ye.

There's this young leddy o' yours, I doot she'll ha' been an expense to ye from the first.

When you were coortin' her, ye did it, I'll go bail, wi' the open hand.

Presents and keep-sakes, flowers and jewelery, and little dogues.