human
Is this a smokin' carriage, sor?
gpt
Yes, good woman, he replied;
human
(obligingly taking it from his lips),
gpt
I'll put it out.
human
No, hinny, said she, drawing a well-used
gpt
from beneath her shawl;
human
I say, my girl, can you get me some horse-flies?
gpt
Why, girl, did you never see a horse-fly?
human
Naa, Sir, said the girl;
gpt
D'ye ken whaur John Clerk bides?
human
What's the use o' your speerin' that question? said the man;
gpt
I ken that, said John;
human
Weel, Geordie, how got ye on the day?
gpt
Nae ava. The auld carle had nae whusky, sae I took him where there was nae fush!
human
Saddling the Ass
gpt
And the prophet said unto his sons, _Saddle me the ass_. So they saddled _him_, the ass.
human
I should like to know who is head of this house?
gpt
Weel, sir, said the husband and father,
human
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character : The charge these old domestics used to take in the interests of the family, and the cool way in which they took upon them to protect those interests, sometimes led to very provoking and sometimes to a very ludicrous exhibition of importance. A friend told me of a dinner scene illustrative of this sort of interference which had happened at Airth in the last generation. Mrs. Murry, of Abercairney, had been amongst the guests, and at dinner one of the family noticed that she was looking about for the proper spoon to help herself to salt. The old servant, Thomas, was appealed to, that the want might be supplied. He did not notice the appeal. It was repeated in a more peremptory manner:
gpt
Thomas, Mrs. Murry has not a salt-spoon ; to which he replied most emphatically,
human
Last time Mrs. Murry dined here we _lost_ a salt-spoon.
gpt
O man, man! surely your psalm-book has been ill-bund.
human
A Sign of Grace
gpt
Oh, said the elder,
human
Oh, yes,
gpt
Weel, said the elder,
human
How's that?
gpt
Dae we nae read o' Solomon's temple, replied the elder,