"I confess I'm afraid of meddling." "I wudna hae you appear, sir," said Andrew, "in onything, concernin' her.

Ye're a yoong man yersel', an' fowk's herts as well as fowk's tongues are no to be lippent til.

I hae seen fowk, 'cause they couldna believe a body duin' a thing frae a sma' modicum o' gude wull, set themsel's to invent what they ca'd a motive til accoont for't--something, that is, that wud hae prevailt wi' themsel's to gar them du't.

Sic fowk canna un'erstan' a body duin' onything jist 'cause it was worth duin' in itsel'!" "But maybe," said the old woman, returning to the practical, "as ye hae been pleased to say ye're on freen'ly terms wi' mistress Brookes, ye micht jist see gien she 's observed ony ten'ency to resumption o' the auld affair!" Donal promised, and as soon as he reached the castle sought an interview with the house keeper.

She told him she had been particularly pleased of late with Eppy's attention to her work, and readiness to make herself useful.