Let but my father be present, and I will not dare to refuse thee the revenge you may claim for a broken sleep." "Let not that be a hinderance," said the old glover, rushing in ecstasy into the room; "to her, smith--to her: strike while the iron is hot, and teach her what it is not to let sleeping dogs lie still." Thus encouraged, Henry, though perhaps with less alarming vivacity, again seized the blushing maiden in his arms, who submitted with a tolerable grace to receive repayment of her salute, a dozen times repeated, and with an energy very different from that which had provoked such severe retaliation.

At length she again extricated herself from her lover's arms, and, as if frightened and repenting what she had done, threw herself into a seat, and covered her face with her hands.
"Cheer up, thou silly girl," said her father, "and be not ashamed that thou hast made the two happiest men in Perth, since thy old father is one of them.

Never was kiss so well bestowed, and meet it is that it should be suitably returned.

Look up, my darling! look up, and let me see thee give but one smile.

By my honest word, the sun that now rises over our fair city shows no sight that can give me greater pleasure.
What," he continued, in a jocose tone, "thou thoughtst thou hadst Jamie Keddie's ring, and couldst walk invisible?
but not so, my fairy of the dawning.