human
Na, na, I canna do that.
gpt
What for no', laird? Ye hae dune the same thing for ithers.
human
Ay, ay, Tammas, but there's wheels within wheels ye ken naething about; I canna do't.
gpt
It's a sma' affair to refuse me, laird.
human
Weel, ye see, Tammas, if I was to pit my name till't ye wad get the siller frae the bank, and when the time came round, ye wadna be ready, and I wad hae to pay't; sae then you and me wad quarrel; sae we mae just as weel quarrel _the noo_, as lang's the siller's in ma pouch.
gpt
You buy him as you see him; but he's an _honest beast_. The purchaser took him home. In a few days he stumbled and fell, to the damage of his own knees and his rider's head. On this the angry purchaser remonstrated with the laird, whose reply was,
human
Weel, sir, I told ye he was an honest beast; many a time has he threatened to come down with me, and I kenned he would keep his word some day.
gpt
Grand
human
Madam, your piano leaves something to be desired. It needs new strings, he added, in answer to the lady's inquiries as to what it really required.
gpt
The hammers, too, want new leather, he continued;
human
he concluded, having now worked himself into a rage,
gpt
etc. He was met with the answer (which seemed highly satisfactory to the rest),
human
Ay, Nelson only said '_expects_' of the English; he said nothing of Scotland, for he _kent_ the _Scotch_ would do theirs.
gpt
Purpose --not
human
Performance
gpt
Stop, laird; ye may put _in_ what ye like, but ye maun tak' naething _out_! The laird, finding his explanations went for nothing, at last said,
human
Aweel, I suppose I'll get credit for it in heaven.
gpt
Na, na, laird, said the elder,