I could not break it." "H'm! Where did you get the L2,000 ?" "I borrowed it." "Then I hope 'the party' looked weel into the business." "They did not.

It was loaned to me on my simple representation." "'Simple representation!' Vera simple! It was some woman, dootless." "It was my mother's aunt, Lady Brith." "Ou, ay! I kent it.

Weel, when a bargain is made, wish it good luck; sae, Jenny, put a partridge before the fire, and bring up a bottle O' Madeira." It was not however a lively meal.

John was too proud and hurt to ask for information, and David too much chilled by his reserve to volunteer it.

The wine, being an unusual beverage to John, made him sleepy; and when David said he had to meet Robert Leslie at nine o'clock, John made no objection and no remark.