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what's to be dune noo: I declare if that's no the Laird and the Lady; and they are comin' straught here." "I dinna ken," quo' Habbie, what to do, unless we be baith deed." Sae in the bed they gaed; an they were nae suner doon than the Laird and Lady cam in, and seeing Habbie and Janet in the bed, he says, "Waes me, isna that an awfu' sicht to see; the man and the wife baith deed?—bit I wad gie five shillings this moment, for to ken which of the twa deet first. The words were nae suner oot of his mouth, than up jumps Habbie, cryin' "It was me, Laird: noo gie me the five shillings." It is needless to add, that the Laird gave Habbie the money, and had many a hearty laugh, when he thought on the way which Habbie and his wifə had taken to raise the wind.
