human
I saw he was vexed, so I jist said: 'Ne'er heed, sir; the fules'll hae to hear us till we think fit to stop.'
gpt
Sam, we're getting auld now; you'll tak' a wife, and when I dee ye'll get my share o' the grund.
human
Na, John; you're the youngest and maist active; you'll tak' a wife, and when I dee you'll get my share.
gpt
Od! says John;
human
Sam, that's just the way with you when there's any _fash or trouble_. There's naething you'll do at a'.
gpt
Twa shillin', sir. The professor, fixing his eye on the extortioner, demanded why he charged two shillings, upon which the cabman dryly answered:
human
We wish to discourage traveling on the Sabbath as much as possible, sir.
gpt
Noo, doctor, if ye dinna think I am worth repairing, dinna put much expense on me.
human
Cosy
gpt
That'll be a bonny present.
human
It is, indeed.
gpt
Ay, an' you'll pe shurely wear this at a crand party?
human
Had you the audacity, John, said a Scottish laird to his servant,
gpt
human
Na, na, was the candid answer;
gpt
What d'ye mean, sir?
human
I mean, replied Jeffrey, testily,
gpt
I dinna ken, replied the chafed and mystified witness;
human
Wad ye say the question ower again, sir?
gpt
Ye kenned Tammas----?
human
Ou, ay; I kenned Tammas weel; me and him herded together when we were laddies.
gpt
Was there onything in the cretur?
human
Deil a thing but what the spune put in him.
gpt
Would you have trusted him to sell a cow for you?
human
A cow! I wadna lippened him to sell a calf.