. Christie Johnstone : and Singleheart and doubleface. a me, willye no ? No ! said he. And where could you find eightypound ? Auchty pund, cried she, its no auchty pund thatwill ding Christie Johnstone, laddy. I hae boats and netsworth twa auchtys ; and I hae forty pund laid by; andI hae seven hundred pund at London, but that I cannameddle. My feyther lent it the King or the Queen, Idinna justly mind; she pays me the interest twice theyear. Sae ye ken I could na be sae dirty as seek mysiller, when she pays me th interest: to the very day,ye ken. Shes just the only one o a my debtors thatshoene
. Christie Johnstone : and Singleheart and doubleface. a me, willye no ? No ! said he. And where could you find eightypound ? Auchty pund, cried she, its no auchty pund thatwill ding Christie Johnstone, laddy. I hae boats and netsworth twa auchtys ; and I hae forty pund laid by; andI hae seven hundred pund at London, but that I cannameddle. My feyther lent it the King or the Queen, Idinna justly mind; she pays me the interest twice theyear. Sae ye ken I could na be sae dirty as seek mysiller, when she pays me th interest: to the very day,ye ken. Shes just the only one o a my debtors thatshoenest, but never heed, yell no gang to jail. Ill hold my tongue, and sacrifice my pictures,thought Charles. Cheer up! said Christie, mistaking the nature ofhis thoughts, for it did na come fra Victoree wad smell o the musk, ye ken. Na, its just a wheenblackguards at London that makes use o her name totorment puir folk. Wad she pairsecute a puir lad?No likely. She then asked questions, some of which were embar- Christie tells him stories IB j I. CHRISTIE JOHNSTONE. 57 rassing. One thing he could never succeed in makingher understand, how, since it was sixty pounds he bor-rowed, it could be eighty pounds he owed. Then once more she promised him her protection, badehim be of good cheer, and left him. At the door she turned, and said, Chairles, heres anauld wife seeking ye, and vanished. These two young people had fallen acquainted at aNewhaven wedding. Christie, belonging to no one, haddanced with him all the night, they had walked underthe stars to cool themselves, for dancing reels with heartand soul is not quadrilling. Then he had seen his beautiful partner in Edinburgh,and made a sketch of her, which he gave her; and byand by he used to run down to Newhaven, and strollup and down a certain green lane near the town. Next, on Sunday evenings, a long walk together, andthen it came to visits at his place now and then. And here Eaphael and Fornarina were inverted, ourartist
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