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 Mag. Ay, but my mither is aye angry at ony body that evens themselves to me, an it binna them she likes, indeed she bade me tak ony body, if it wasna auld tottering Tammy; for his beard is aye brown wi' sucking tobacco, and slavers a' the breast o' his fecket.

Jock. O Maggy, tak me, an I'll tell you what I hae. First, my father left me, when he died, fifty merks, twa fecks, twa pair o' funks; the hens and the gaun gear was to be divided between me an my mither; an if she died first, a' her gear was to come in amang mine, an if I died before her, a' my gear was to come back to her again, an her to marry anither man if she cou'd get him: But since 'tis happened sae, she is to gie me Brucky an the black mare, the ha'f o' the cogs, three spoons, four pair o' blankets, an a canvas; she's to big a twabey to her ain gavel, to be a dwelling hoose to' me an my wife; an am to get the wee byre at the end of the raw, to haud my cow an twa couties; the ha'f o' the barn, an a bed o' the kail yard, as lang as she lives; and when she dies, am to pay for the yerding o' her honestly, an a' the o'ercome is to be my ain; and by that time I'll be as rich as e'er my father was before me.

Mag. Truly, Johnny, I'se no say meikle to the contrar, but an ye hae a mind to tak me wi'