The Young Baronet By The Author Of The Scottish Heiress PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 edition. Excerpt: ... "In for a penny, in for a pound, Maister Comyn; I hae a kind.o' respect for the auld bin o' Margaux, for there was a celebrated man, a person one does no. see every day--'-' "Put down the wine and go away," said his master... ...., i "My lord Chatham," continued the butler putting down the wine, "never would drink but o' this bin, he destroyed the wine wi delutin' it wi' water, and I made bold to tell him we, but Carr, said he, pure water was Adam's wine. I have heard the same thing said before, but never by a lord o' parliament.." i.. "Well, well, Carr, go, down stairs, ? sai&his master.. "111 just sort up the fire first. Aye it would be a good change. frae idle talk to hear i' that my lord said. There's lords enough amang us, Heaven kens, and a fine set they Me, but never in my lang life hae I seen what! would ca' a lord o' public bizzincss, sae simple and moderate in his ways. Keep the flagon mair to the perpendicular, Sir Renau< it spoils wine to pour it that gate--and it's choice Margaux." "Go down stairs, Carr, and let us be alone." "Oh aye, oh aye; its a cauld walk by the lung gallery, and ye hae a bonny fire here. Ye had braw doings at Drumleigh this day, Sir Renault." "I wonder how you can endure that old rascal," said Comyn re-lighting his pipe. Renault emptied his silver cup in silence, for he was far from being attentive to what was passing in his presence. "Rascal is a ready word, and has a ready answer to it, Master Comyn, but I'm no' a man to lose my temper at the idle words o' boys. Sir Renault has to be at Cuickglen the morn, and it's high time that he gaed to bed." "Don't stand prosing there any longer, Carr," aid iiis master impatiently, "go away, we wish to be alone." The butler went to the table, and began...