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20     Sawny. A dole woman, I took a sudden blast in the hame gaun, and was never sae near dead in my life. And wha think you was in company wi' Kate the bride, but the wee button of a tai- lor, who sat and sewed on a table, cocking like a t--d on a trencher; but when he kent wha was come, he leaped down on the floor, coost a dash o' pride like a little bit prince, bobbet about, and so out he goes, with the tear in his eye, and his tail between his feet, like a half worried dog Sawny. Now, Katie, do ye ken what I'm   comed about? Kate. O yes, my mither tell'd me: but I'm no ready yet, I hae twa gowns to spin and things to make. Sawny. Hute, things to mak, ye hae as   mony things as ye'll need, woman; canna ye    spin gowns in your ain house wi'mė, as weel as here, wi' an auld girning mither? Kate. But dear Saunders, ye maun gie a body time to think on't--'twad be ill-far;d to rush thegither just at the first. Sawny. And do ye think I hae naething ado but come here every ither day hoiting after you, it will no do! I maun be either aff or on wi' you, either tak me or tell me, for I ken of ither twa, and some o' you I'll hae, for as I'm a sinner, my mither is gaun to   be married too, an she can get ony bit man o'ony shape or trade. Kate. Indeed, then, Saunders, since