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"What the
deil, woman----"
"Fie for shame!" exclaimed both the women; "and before Mr.
Bide-the-Bent!"
"I stand reproved," said the cooper; "but--"
"The taking in our mouths the name of the great enemy of our souls,"
said Mr. Bide-the-Bent--
"I stand reproved," said the cooper.
"--Is an exposing ourselves to his temptations," continued the reverend
monitor, "and in inviting, or, in some sort, a compelling, of him to lay
aside his other trafficking with unhappy persons, and wait upon those in
whose speech his name is frequent."
"Weel, weel, Mr. Bide-the-Bent, can a man do mair than stand reproved?"
said the cooper; "but jest let me ask the women what for they hae dished
the wild-fowl before we came."
"They arena dished, Gilbert," said his wife; "but--but an accident----"
"What accident?" said Girder, with flashing eyes. "Nae ill come ower
them, I trust? Uh?"
His wife, who stood much in awe of him, durst not reply, but her mother
bustled up to her support, with arms disposed as if they were about to
be a-kimbo at the next reply.


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