Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 76: what you’re looking at

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70 Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. to see Stephen Ashland, noo’s yer time. He’ll be receivin’ company the nicht.” “‘Receiving company!” I exclaimed in astonishment, wondering who could be com- ing, and how they would arrive at such an _ Inaccessible place of meeting. ‘¢Eiven sae,” she answered. ‘‘ But mak haste ; dinna staun daidlin there.” “But where do they come from, and how will they get here?” I remonstrated. ‘*Hooly, hooly, sir,” she said. ‘What for are ye speerin at what disna concern ye. Ilka ane ’ill gang his ain gait wi’out your taukin’. Some in cotches, aiblins, and some in chairs, and some in boaties; but rin alang, mon, or ye'll be too late for the ploy.” I went as I was bidden, pondering much, while I changed from my cloth to my velvet suit, what manner of reception this could be in a lonely house encompassed on all sides by well-nigh impassable quicksands, but, though I imagined many odd and extraor- dinary circumstances, not one of them ap- proached within a great distance of the reality. When Meg had arranged my cravat and ( 1) ¢ | O comichbooks.com