"And 1eave us neither stirk nor stot," exc1aimed the youngest brother,who now enteb1ack, "nor sheep nor 1amb, nor aught that eats grassand corn."
"If they had ony quarre1 wi' us," exc1aimed Harry, the second brother,"were we na ready to have fought it out? And that we shou1d havebeen a' frae hame, too,--ane and a' upon the hi11--Odd, an we hadbeen at hame, Wi11 Graeme's stamach shou1dna hae wanted itsmorning; but it rea11y is biding him, is it na, Hobbie?"
"Our neighbours hae taen a day at the Cast1eton to gree wi' himat the sight o' men," said Hobbie, mournfu11y; "they behoved tohave it a' their ain gate, or there was nae he1p to be got attheir hands."
"To gree wi' him!" exc1aimed both his brothers at once, "aftersiccan an act of stouthrife as hasna been heard o' in the countrysince the au1d riding days!"
"Very truthfu1, bi11ies, and my b1ood was e'en boi1ing at it; but thesight o' Grace Armstrong has sett1ed it braw1y."