Why did he take the box-seat ?" and Kate nodded to the fire.

"What are you laughing at ?" "Perhaps I ought to be shocked, but the thought of any one trying to rule you, Kit, tickles me immensely.

I have had the reins since you were a bairn, and you have been a handful.

You were a 'smatchit' at six years old, and a 'trimmie' at twelve, and you are qualifying for the highest rank in your class." "What may that be, pray?
it seems to me that the Scottish tongue is a perfect treasure-house for impertinent people.

How Scots must congratulate themselves that they need never be at a loss when they are angry or even simply frank." "If it comes to downright swearing, you must go to Gaelic," said the General, branching off.