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parison wi' what she has done, and is e'now doing for you! Aye, just e'now, while I am speaking—But I forget that she charged me no to tell."
"Is na' she gane to Gowan-brae?" said Mrs MacClarty; "What gude can she do me by that?"
"Aye," cried Mrs Smith, "what gude can the poor widow get by her gaen to visit amang the gentles! Did na I see her ride by upon the minester's black horse, behint the minester's man, and the minester himsel' ridin' by her side?"
"She's no gane to Gowan-brae tho'," returned Grizzy, "nor the minester neither; I ken whar they're gane to weel eneugh."
"But what are they gane about?" asked Mrs MacClarty, alarmed; "Is ony thing the matter wi' my puir Sandy? for my heart aye misgi'es me about his no comin' to see me.'
Grizzy made no answer. The question was again repeated in an anxious and
