But
last nicht, whan I leukit na for't, there cam a thoucht intil my
heid, an' seein' it was a stranger, I bad it walcome. It micht hae
come til a far wysser heid nor mine, but seein' it did come to
mine, it wad luik as gien the Lord micht hae pitten' t' there--to
the comfort an' consolation o' ane,'at, gien she be a gowk, is
muckle the same as the Lord made her wi' 's ain bliss-it han'. Sae,
quo' I, Is' jist submit the thing to the laird. He'll sune discern
whether it be frae the Lord or mysel'!"
"Say on, Grizzie," returned the laird, when again she paused. "It
sud surprise nane to get a message frae the Lord by the mou' o' ane
o' his handmaidens."
"Weel, it's this, laird.--I hae often been i' the gran' drawin'
room, when ye wad be lattin' the yoong laird, or somebody or
anither ye wantit to be special til, see the bonny things ye hae
sic a fouth o' i' the caibnets again the wa's; an' I hae aye h'ard
ye say o' ane o' them--yon bonny little horsie, ye ken,'at they say
the auld captain,'at 's no laid yet, gied to yer gran'father--I hae
aye h'ard ye say o' that,'at hoo it was solid silver--'SAID TO BE,'
ye wad aye tack to the tail o' 't."
"True! true!" said the laird, a hopeful gleam beginning to break
upon his darkness.
"We'll, ye see, laird," Grizzie went on, "I'm no sic a born idiot
as think ye wad set the possession o' sic a playock again the yoong
laird's edication; sae ye maun hae some rizzon for no meltin' 't
doon--seem' siller maun aye be worth siller,--an' gowd, gien there
be eneuch o' 't.
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