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Page 79
... arms ? Most of Mr. Bertram's servants recollected that he generally had a couteau de chasse , or short hanger , but none such was found upon the dead body ; nor could those who had seen him on the morning of the fatal day , take it upon ...
... arms ? Most of Mr. Bertram's servants recollected that he generally had a couteau de chasse , or short hanger , but none such was found upon the dead body ; nor could those who had seen him on the morning of the fatal day , take it upon ...
Page 85
... arm appeared to be slightly wounded by the cut of a sharp weapon , and was tied up with a handkerchief of Harry Bertram's . But the chief of the horde acknowledged he had corrected her " that day with his whinger ; she herself , and ...
... arm appeared to be slightly wounded by the cut of a sharp weapon , and was tied up with a handkerchief of Harry Bertram's . But the chief of the horde acknowledged he had corrected her " that day with his whinger ; she herself , and ...
Page 86
... related in the last chapter , that , du- ring a cold and stormy night , a social group had closed around the kitchen - fire of the Gordon Arms at Kippletringan , a small but comfortable inn , kept by Mrs. Mac - Candlish in 86.
... related in the last chapter , that , du- ring a cold and stormy night , a social group had closed around the kitchen - fire of the Gordon Arms at Kippletringan , a small but comfortable inn , kept by Mrs. Mac - Candlish in 86.
Page 89
... Arms , " said the man ; which information increased the landlady's respect for the rider . Finding , on her return , that the stranger declined to go into another apartment , ( which indeed , she allowed , would be but cold and smoky ...
... Arms , " said the man ; which information increased the landlady's respect for the rider . Finding , on her return , that the stranger declined to go into another apartment , ( which indeed , she allowed , would be but cold and smoky ...
Page 92
... arms were bare , although it was winter time o ' the year , and he had a grey beard three quarters lang . Weel , he was admitted ; and when the lady was delivered , he craved to know the very moment of the hour of the birth , and he ...
... arms were bare , although it was winter time o ' the year , and he had a grey beard three quarters lang . Weel , he was admitted ; and when the lady was delivered , he craved to know the very moment of the hour of the birth , and he ...
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Allonby answered appearance Astrologer auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood Charlies-hope Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door Ellangowan eyes father favour fear feelings fellow frae Frank Kennedy gentleman gipsy Glossin gude Guy Mannering hand Hazlewood-house head heard honour horse Julia justice justice of peace Kennedy Kippletringan Laird Liddesdale light look Lucy Bertram lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's Matilda maun Merrilies mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle naething never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry postilion prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers stranger supposed tell there's thing thought tion turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne young Hazlewood young lady younker