"The laird was delighted to see the haste and heartiness with which the leddy was resolved to consummate the match; but he said— "Do as ye like, leddy—do as ye like; but I'll no coom [dirty] my fingers wi' meddling in ony sic project. The wark be a' your ain." Surely neither you nor that unreverend and misleart trumphy your wife, our Meg, would refuse to be present at the occasion?" 'Deed, leddy, I'm unco sweer't; I'll no deny that," replied Dirdumwhamle. "If it is to take place this day, and in this house, gudeman, I'm sure it will be ill put on blateness, on both your part and mine, no to be present," said Mrs Milrookit."
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John Galt, The Entail or The Lairds of Grippy (1896) The Works of John Galt, Vol. 2, p. 129.
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