Original (English)

MALCOLM. CHAPTER I.MISS HORN. “Na, na; I hae nae feelin’s, I’m thankfu’ to say. I never kent ony guid come o’ them. They’re a terrible sicht i’ the gait.” “Naebody ever thoucht o’ layin’ ’t to yer chairge, mem.” “’Deed, I aye had eneuch adu to du the thing I had to du, no to say the thing ’at naebody wad du but mysel’. I hae had nae leisur’ for feelin’s an’ that,” insisted Miss Horn. But here a heavy step descending the stair just outside the room attracted her attention, and checking