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thou wilt match with the best of them too; there is both wit and wickedness in thee to perfection.

Hush, hush, Grizeld Bane! What brings thee here? Is there not good ale and spirits in thy cellar, and a good bed to rest upon? What brings thee here?

Shame of my cellar! think'st thou I have been there all this time? I have been deeper, and deeper, and deeper than a hundred cellars, every one sunken lower than another.

I tauld you sae, madam.

Go to thy chamber, if thou'rt afraid.

Ay, deeper and deeper

Thou need'st not speak so loud, Grizeld Bane: I understand thee well enough. I hope thou hast been well received where thou wert.

Ay; they received me triumphantly. They scented the blood that will pour and the brands that will blaze; the groans and the shrieks that