I tell ye straight--ye're an encumbrance." She laughed mischievously.

"I can shoot better than you," she said.
He ignored the taunt.

"Will ye listen to sense and fall to the rear ?" "I will not," she said.
"Then gang your own gait.

I'm ower wise to argy-bargy wi' women.

The Hoose be it!" It was a journey which sorely tried Dougal's temper.