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apartment, to which she saw it would be necessary to confine herself, in order to enjoy any tolerable degree of comfort. She therefore began to consider how it might be rendered more airy and commodious; and after dinner, observing that the farmer's mind still brooded on his son's behaviour, she gladly introduced the subject of her projected alterations, hoping thus to divert his thoughts into another channel. The first thing she proposed, was to have hinges for the frame of the window, that it might open and shut at pleasure. To this, the farmer said, he should have no objection, only that "he ken'd it wad soon be broken to pieces, blawing wi' the wund."
"O, but you mistake me," said Mrs Mason. "I intend that it should be fastened when open with an iron hook, as they constantly fasten the cottage windows in England."
"And wha do ye think wad put in the cleek?" returned he. "Is there ane
