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TALES OF MY LANDLORD.
CHAPTER XI.
True love, an' thou be true,
Thou has ane kittle part to play;
For fortune, fashion, fancy, and thou,
Maun strive for many a day.
I've kenn'd by mony a friend's tale,
Far better by this heart of mine,
What time and change of fancy avail
A true love-knot to untwine.
Hendersoun.
"I wished to tell you, my good kinsman," said the Marquis, "now that we are quit of this impertinent fiddler, that I had tried to discuss this love affair of yours with Sir William Ashton's daughter. I never saw the young lady, but for a few minutes to-day; so, being a stranger to her personal merits, I pay a compliment to you, and offer her no offence, in saying you might do better."
