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 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, and I'll tell youwhat I hae. First my father left me, when he died, fifty merks, twa seeks, twa pair o‘ sunks; the hens and the gaun gear was to be divided between me an my mither, and if she died first, a‘ her gear was to come in among mine, and if I died before her, a‘ my gear was to come back to her again, and her to marry anither man, if she could get him. But since ‘tis happened sae, she is to gie me Brucky and the black mare, the half o’ the cogs, three spoons, four pair o’ blankets, and a cannas : she’s to big a twabey to her ain gavel, to be a dwelling house to me and my wife, and I’m to get the wee byre at the end of the raw, to hand my cow and twa couties; the half o’ the barn, and a bed o’ the kail-yard, as lang as she leaves, and when she dies, I’m to pay for the yerding o’ her honestly, and a’ the o’ercome is to be my ain ; and by that time I’ll be as rich as e’er my lather was before me.

Mag. Truly, Johnnie; I’se no sae meikle to the contrair, but an ye hae a mind to tak’ me wi’ what I hae. tell me either now or never, for I’se be married or lang be.