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10 "Frae Kippletringan!!!" in an exalted tone of wonder, which we can but faintly express by three points of admiration, "Ow, man! ye should hae hadden easel to Kippletringan—ye maun gae back as far as the Whaap, and haud the Whaap till ye come to Ballenloan, and then"

"This will never do, good dame! my horse is almost quite set up—can you not give me a night's lodgings?"

"Troth can I no—I am a lone woman, for James he's awa to Drumshourloch fair with the year-aulds, and I darena for my life open the door to ony of your gang-there-out sort o' bodies."—

"But what must I do then, good dame? for I can't sleep here upon the road all night?"

"Troth, I ken na, unless ye like to gae down and speer for quarters at the Place. I'se warrant they'll take ye in, whether ye be gentle or semple."

"Simple enough, to be wandering here at such a time of night," thought Manner-