Page:Tales of my landlord (Volume 2).djvu/144

 keeper. "It's a shame to hear a douce young lad speak in that way, since a' the warld kens that they maun either marry or do waur."

"Haud your peace, Alison," said her master; "and you, Harry, put this nonsense out o' your head—this comes o' letting ye gang a sodgering for a day—mind ye hae nae siller, lad, for ony sic nonsense plans."

"I beg your pardon, sir, my wants shall be very few; and would you please to give me the gold chain which the Margrave gave to my father after the battle of Lutzen"

"Mercy on us! the gowd chain?" exclaimed his uncle.

"The chain of gowd!" re-echoed the housekeeper, both aghast with astonishment at the audacity of the proposal.

"I will keep a few links to remind me of him by whom it was won, and the place where he won it," continued Morton; "the rest shall furnish me the means of