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"I didna think I was to be made a convenience o' I lookit to do e"

"Did Davie promise you siller at a'?"

"I'll no say he did; there wasna any promise fullyo'? What suude

na one? For you

ken, aunt, I'll ne'er deserve the wrang one"

"Wad five shillings weekly be o'er ie it to you And you can knit your ain

stocking, and go and come as it likes you; and I'll mind ht"

"I dinna like the talk o' siller sae near the Sawbath day We'll hae the

settlement on Saturday at noon"

"Vera weel We willna differ about an hour or twa"

"I didna sleep gude last night A box bed isna quite the thing for an auld

woie hesitated Her own little rooave her a

measure of privacy, and all her small treasures had their place in it The

concealed, or box bed, in the house place wall, had been David's sleeping

place It arhly comfortable; it was the usual, and