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21 nor ony ither body. True, said he, but I like myself best, and you should not speak ill of my lady for she hears you. Deed my Lord I think ye're the best body about the house, for my Lady's but a stinking pridefu' jade; she thinks that we sud make de fish and de haddies a' alive; be-go my Lord, she thinks we can shape them as de hen does her egg wi' her arse. O bride, says he, you should not speak ill of my lady, for she hears you very well. O deed, my Lord, I had nae mind o' dat. Drink to me, then said he, or them you like best. Then says she, here's to ye a' de gidder, heels o'er head. Very well said, says my Lord, that's good sense.

Dinner being over, my Lord desired the bride to dance. Indeed, my Lord, said she, I canna dance ony, but I'll gar my wame wallop fornent yours, and then we'll rin round about as fast as we can. Very well, bride, said he, that will just do; we shall neither kiss nor shake hands, but I'll bow to thee, and ye'll beck to me, So we'll have done. So after the dinner and daneing, my Lord exhorted the bride to be a good neighbour, and to 'gree with every body round about. I wat weel, my Lord, said she, ye ken I ne'er coost out wi' ony ane but lang Pate o' the Pans, an he had a' de wyce o't; he bagan and was aye jeering me about Sandy, de black stanes and de crab holes where de wean was gotten; and then it turned to a hubbub an callyshangy, and, or ere you could kiss my arse,