But to give t' devil his due, it were good i' Hepburn to marry thee, and so soon after there was a' that talk about thy feyther.

Many a man would ha' drawn back, choose howiver far they'd gone.

I'm noane so sure about Charley Kinraid.

Eh, Sylvia! only think on his being alive after all.

I doubt if our Bessy would ha' wed Frank Dawson if she'd known as he wasn't drowned.