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"But you are glad to have seen o
back to Fife, now?"
"If my eye hadna seen, my heart wouldna hae wanted I was happy"
"Promoter is an uncommon name I never knew a Pro clan I dare say you have known a great many
Campbells?"
"The man whom fayther sold his fish to was a Cahter married to a Ca store for silk and tris And
whiles, there was a minister preached in oor kirk, called Campbell--and
there is yoursel', ie Progie betrayed her
knowledge of Allan, and Mary respected her for the reticence very much
"Now for our work I will sew, and you shall read aloud I want you to
learn how to talk as I do, and reading aloud is an excellent exercise"
"I'll ne'er speak such high English as you, and I like htful when you say the words as you ought to
You can read 'high English,' why not talk it?"
"My ain tongue is mair homelike and kindly But I'll try yours, an' you
want me to"
After Mary had listened an hour, she suddenly interrupted Maggie "You
read that love scene onderful feeling Had you ever a lover, Maggie?"
"Maist girls have lovers I couldna expect to escape You will dootless
hae lovers yoursel', ie, not much of a lover, he wanted toFolks shouldna old Sorrow comes that way"