Good-by, my love; and observe, Helen, don't stay out too late in the garden, lest the chill of the air might injure your health." "But you know I never do, and never did, papa." "Well, good-by again, my love." He then left her, and withdrew to his study to sign some papers, and transact some business, which he had allowed to run into arrear.

When he had been there better than an hour, he rang the bell, and desired that Malcomson, the gardener, should be sent to him, and that self-sufficient and pedantic person made his appearance accordingly.
"Well, Malcomson," said he, "how do you like the bearded fellow in the garden ?" "Ou, yer honor, weel eneugh; he does ken something o' the sceence o' buttany, an' 'am thinkin' he must hae been a gude spell in Scotland, for I canna guess whare else he could hae become acquent wi' it." "I see Malcomson, you'll still persist in your confounded pedantry about your science.

Now, what the devil has science to do with botany or gardening ?" "Weel, your honor, it wadna just become me to dispute wi' ye upon that or any ither subjeck; but for a' that, it required profoond sceence, and vera extensive learnin' to classify an' arrange a' the plants o' the yearth, an' to gie them names, by whilk they dan be known throughout a' the nations o' the warld." "Well, well--I suppose I must let you have your way." "Why, your honor," replied Malcomson, "'am sure it mair becomes me to let you hae yours; but regerding this ould carl, I winna say, but he has been weel indoctrinated in the sceence." "Ahem! well, well, go on." "An' it's no easy to guess whare he could hae gotten it.

Indeed, 'am of opinion that he's no without a hantle o' book lair; for, to do him justice, de'il a question I spier at him, anent the learned names o' the rare plants, that he hasna at his finger ends, and gies to me off-hand.
Naebody but a man that has gotten book lair could do yon." "Book lair, what is that ?" "Ou, just a correck knowledge o' the learned names of the plants.

I dinna say, and I winna say, but he's a velliable assistant to me, an' I shouldna wish to pairt wi' him.