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 weel to her, she'll hae a guess; seek a quiet word o' her at the door, and gin it be dark; gie her a wee bit kiss when ye hae tell'd her your errand; and gin they gi'e you cheese and bread, or ony meat, ca't good whether it be sae or no; and for my blessing, be mensfu' wi' your mou and dinna eat o'er muckle, for I've seen you sup as mony milk brose as wad have sar't twa men to carry in a barrow.

Sawney. Aha, but mither ye're lying now, for I never did it but ance, but an they set meat before me, and I be hungry, a de'il claw the clungest an I binna upsides wi't for the same. A deed mither, fouks maun hae meat an they should ne'er get wives, there's some o' them no worth the cursing, an' a body werna letting an oath whether or no; a hear ye that now, when ye put me till't, and gar me speak, ay by my sooth, I wad rather hae a bit good powny and a pound o' cheese, or I were bound to bab after my hissy's buttocks I see yet.

Mither. Wa Sawny man, thou's a fool an that's a fault; gin every ane were as easy about women as thou is, the warld wad be a wilderness in a wee time there wad be nae body to inhabit the earth but brute beasts; cats and dogs wad be worrying ither and every thing wad gae to confusion. Gae to the courting, ye dog, 't ye are, and either do something or naething at a'.