sometimes used by an experienced sportsman
with singular dexterity WAUR, worse
WEAN, infant, young child WEAR, force, restraint WEDDER, a weather (sheep) WEEL-FAURED, well favoured, prepossessing WEIRD, destiny; WEIRD'S DREE'D, the destiny is run out
WEIZE, direct, send
WESSEL, westward; WASSILGATE, west gate WHAAP, or HOPE, the sheltered part or hollow of a hill. Hoff, howff, haaf, haven are all modifications of the same word WHEEN, WHIN, a few, a party
WHIGGING, jogging WHISTLED, given a hint, information, to. See note Whistling (p. 431)
WHITTRET, weasel WITTERS, the barbs of the spear
WORRIECOW, hobgoblin, bugbear
WUDDIE, WOODIE, rope, halter Wuss, wish WYTE, blame
YAFFING, barking YEPISTLE, letter
ALLAN, Mrs., Colonel Mannering's house- keeper, 333
Astrologer, Mac-Kinlay's story of, v Astrology, Mannering's knowledge of, 16; Sampson's opinion of, 17; general belief in, 21
BADGER-HUNT at Charlie's Hope, 166 Balaam's sword, anecdote, xxiii Bertram, Godfrey, his pedigree, 6; made a justice, 36; quarrel with the gipsies, 43; meets the ejected gipsies, 47; last hours of, 85, 89
Bertram, Harry, birth of, 17; companion- ship with the gipsies, 46; disappear- ance with Kennedy, 57; (see Brown), Hatteraick's account of, 226; revisits Ellangowan, 285; encounter with Glossin, 290; a prisoner before Hazle- wood, 302; incarcerated in Portan- ferry bridewell, 311; joined by Dandie, 318; rescued from the smugglers, 349; arrives at Woodbourne, 359; examined as to his history, 363; recognised by the Dominie, 364; introduced to his sister, 371; enters Hatteraick's cave, 394; recognised by the villagers, 403; evidence as to his identity, 363, 408 Bertram, Lucy, by her father's side, 86; leaves Ellangowan, 95; her lover, 99; received as a guest at Woodbourne, 124; Julia's opinion of, 185; recognises her brother, 372
Bertram, Mrs., accouchement of, 17; anxieties about her boy, 56; death of,
Bertram, Mrs. Margaret, of Singleside,
93; funeral of, 258; expectants at, 263 Bewcastle Waste, 146
Brown, the smuggler lieutenant, 413; shot by Hazlewood, 196; death of, 171 Brown, Vanbeest (see also Bertram), in India, 81; serenades Julia Mannering at Mr. Mervyn's, 101, 110; his history and wanderings, 114, 131; his excursion over the Cumberland Border, 138; at Mumps's Ha', 140; rescues Dandie, 147; leaves Charlie's Hope for Kipple- tringan, 168; seeks shelter in the gipsy hut, 171; escapes under Meg's guidance, 179; encounter with Hazle-
wood, 201; goes to Cumberland, 280; revisits Ellangowan, 285
CAIRD of Barullion, king of the gipsies, xxi
Carlaverock Castle, the prototype of Ellan- gowan, 25
Cave at Warroch Point, 224, 394 Charlie's Hope, 150, 157
Clan surnames, 165, 428 Come from Tripoli, 429 Cumberland Waste, 138 Curling, 200
DAVIDSON, the original of Dandie Din- mont, 427
Deacon Bearcliff, 68; his familiarity,
Derncleugh, gipsy village, 41; burial scene at, 182; ghostly associations of the place, 327; revisited, 395 Dinmont, Ailie, and her family, 152, 166 Dinmont, Dandie, at Mumps's Ha', 140; encounter with the ruffians, arrival at Charlie's Hope, 150; at the lawyer's, 243; his lawsuit, 249; at Miss Bertram's funeral, 258; joins Bertram in the Portanferry bridewell, 318; awakes to his danger, 347; at Woodbourne, 359; accompanies Ber- tram to Hatteraick's cave, 387; pro- totype of, 426
Dominie Sampson, description of, 10; tutor to young Bertram, 46; in search of young Bertram, 56; confronts the attorney, 87; appointed guardian to Lucy, 92; his longest speech, 96; gives lessons to Charles Hazlewood, 97; in his new suit of clothes, 123; catalogues the Colonel's library, 128; extracting bullets from the mutilated tomes, 197; journey to Edinburgh, 241; encounter with Pleydell, 272; revisits Ellan- gowan, 327; falls in with Meg at Derncleugh, 328; recognises Harry Bertram, 364; breaks the news to Lucy, 371; scalds Plato at breakfast, 379; his joy in returning to Ellangowan, 421; prototype of, xviii Driver, Pleydell's clerk, 274 Dumple, Dandie's pony. 148
253; note on, 429 Gin by pailfuls, 226
Gipsies, Scottish, 39; ejectment from Ellangowan, 47; in the hut where Brown is concealed, 174; cookery of, 330, 430; superstitions, 172, 428 Glossary, 433
Glossin, Gilbert, his electioneering tactics, 35; at the sale of Ellangowan, 91; buys the estate, 94; his unpleasant position in society, 204; interview with Mrs. Mac-Candlish about Brown, 206; Dirk Hatteraick in his hands, 217; his guilty dream, 219; meets Hatter- aick in the cave, 225; plots against Brown, 229; rebuff at Woodbourne, 234; encounters Bertram at Ellan- gowan, 290; helps Sir R. Hazlewood to examine Bertram, 302; at Hatter- aick's examination, 409; committed to gaol, 415; murder of, 419
Gordon, Jean, prototype of Meg Merrilies, xiv; Madge, queen of the Yetholm gipsies, xvii
Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh, 255 Groaning Malt, 425
Guy Mannering, origin of the work, v; note on localities and personages, xix
HATTERAICK, Dirk, Mannering's first interview with, 27; destruction of his lugger, 63; brought prisoner to Glossin, 217; escape from the old castle, 221; in his cave with Glossin, 223; his cave entered by Bertram and Dandie, 394; seized by Bertram, 398; examination of, 409; his pocket-book opened, 412; visited by Glossin in his cell, 416; pro- totype of, xx
Hazlewood, Charles, attending on Mr. Bertram, 86; employs Dominie Sampson for Lucy's sake, 97; his visits to Wood-
bourne, 188; accidentally wounded by Brown, 201; warned by Meg, 337; joins Bertram in Hatteraick's cave, 394 Hazlewood, Sir Robert, 295; examines Bertram, 302; his interview with his son, 339; with Pleydell and Mannering, 381
Herezeld in feudal tenures, 431
Hewit, old Bertram's natural son, 411 High Jinks, 245, 429
JENNY GIBSON, Mrs. M. Bertram's drudge,
Jock Jabos, guides Mannering to Ellan- gowan, 4; corrects the precentor, 74; interrogated by Glossin, 210; drives Brown and Dandie from the prison,
KENNEDY, Frank, excise officer, 51; found dead at Warroch Point, 58; versions of the story of his death, 72; Glossin's dream of, 219; death of, described by witnesses, 408 Ken-no cheese, 425 Kippletringan, Mannering's journey to, 3; Gordon Arms Inn, 68 Kittlecourt, Sir Thomas, 31, 35
LAWYERS of Old Edinburgh, 242; con- vivial habits, 245, 430; sleepless nights,
Lay of Last Minstrel, reason for quoting,
Liddesdale roads, 429
Lochside, gudeman of, among the gipsies, xiv
MAC-CANDLISH, Mrs., of the Gordon Arms, Kippletringan, 68; interrogated by Glossin about Brown, 206 Mac-Casquil, an expectant of Singleside's,
Macers before Supreme Court, 422 Mac-Guffog, the thief-taker, 214; brings Hatteraick to Glossin, 215; receives Bertram at Portanferry, 311; admits Glossin to Hatteraick's cell, 417 Mac-Guffog, Mrs., of the bridewell, 311 Mac-Kinlay, John, his story, v Mac-Morlan, sheriff-substitute, 78; his interview with Mannering about the property, 83; disappointed at the sale, 94; receives Lucy and the Dominie into his house, 95; his visit to Sir R. Hazle- wood, 341
Mannering, Guy, seeks a guide for Kippletringan, 3; reads young Ber- tram's fortune, 21; second visit to Kippletringan, 70; his career in India, 78; second visit to Ellangowan, 85; silences Glossin, 88; interview with his daughter, 116; settles at Wood- bourne, 120; defends it against the smugglers, 194; visits Edinburgh on law business, 241; meets Dandie at the lawyer's, 243; at Miss Bertram's funeral, 258; return to Woodbourne,
325; receives Bertram and Dandie, 359; advice to his daughter, 374; bails out Bertram, 382 Mannering, Julia, at Mr. Mervyn's, 103; extracts from her letters, 106, 113, 185, 193, 199; first meeting with Lucy, 126; flirtations at Woodbourne, 189, 355; alarming meeting with Brown, 201; letter to Brown, 283; examined by her father, 374 Marchmont, Matilda, Julia's corre- spondent, 106
Marshal, Flora and Will, gipsies, xxi Meg Merrilies, Mannering's first interview
with, 14; at Ellangowan Castle, 25; malediction on old Bertram, 49; ex- amined about the disappearance of Harry Bertram, 66; at Mumps's Ha', 142; in the gipsy hut with the dead body, 171; craves two boons from Bertram, 181; Hatteraick's opinion of her occult influence, 232; gives the Dominie a letter to Mannering, 329; warns young Hazlewood to send back the guard to Portanferry, 337; her letter to Mannering, 353; takes Bertram and Dandie to Hatteraick's cave, 387; death and declaration of, 401; character of, founded on Jean Gordon, xiv
Mervyn, letter from, to Mannering, 101 Monboddo, Lord, 431
Mumps's Ha', meeting of Brown and Dandie, 140; note on, 425
OTTERSCOPE SCAURS fox-hunt, 159
PEPPER and Mustard terriers, 141; mutilated by the badger, 161; note on, 427
Pleydell, Mr., the advocate, 245; his house, 256; examines Rebecca, 276; arrives at Woodbourne, 351; examines young Bertram, 363; offers bail for Bertram, 382; examines Hatteraick and Glossin, 409
Portanferry bridewell, 310; custom-house broken into by the smugglers, 347 Protocol, the attorney, 264
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