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7 done."

"I'm but a poor simple body, Johnie, an' canna manage ony sickan things. But I shall need nae fec to tell the truth, an' I winna tell an untruth for a' my master's estate, an' his six backfus' o' goud into the bargain. If the sin o' the soul Johnie

"Ay, ay, that's very true, Tibby! very true, indeed, about the sin o' the soul! But as ye were saying about being a simple body--What wad ye think if I were to cast up that day Gledging Gibby came here to gie you your lesson--I could maybe help you on a wee bit—What' wad ye gie me if I did?"

“Alack, I hae naething to gie you but my blessing, but I shall pray for the blessing o' God on ye."

"Ay, ay, as ye say. I daresay there might be waur things. But could ye think o' naething to gie a body wha likes as weel to be paid aff' hand as to gie credit? That's the very thing I'm cautioning you against."

"I dinna expect ony sillur frae that fountain-head, Johnie: It's a dry ane, to the pair and needy, and an ucco sma' matter wad gar me make over my rights to a