"Just for the same raison the Hielanman couldna' get out the bawbee," replied the imperturbable Meg Dods; "the deil a plack was in his pouch, puir body--an' sae, ye see, ye maun just stay still." "My lord," interposed one of the servants, touching his hat, "there's a pair of very natty greys just coming out of the stable, and a pair of bays with the harness on. I have seen them in stall"-- "Then let us have them, Charles, by all means," replied his lordship. "Yes, my lord." In a very short time high words were heard, from which it was evident that by no means a complimentary opinion was entertained of the gentlemanly conduct of the nobleman's dependant by the guard and ornament of the plain chariot. "I say, my fine chap, you leave them there grey 'osses alone, will ye? they ain't none o' yourn." "Quite a mistake, Johnny," replied the noble retainer, with a supercilious glance at our friend, who was still perched high in air. "Oh! if ye come to go to be a-leaving off of names, old Timothy, you'll find I've a way of writing my card with my five fingers here in a text hand as no gentleman can mistake." While boasting of his literary acquirements, our Hector in livery slewed himself down from the side of the red-cheeked Andromache, and presented an appearance which apparently induced the gentleman in the cockade to believe that the mistake might possibly be on his own side. "My lord is in a great hurry." "So is my ladies." "He must have four horses." "They must have two." "Lauds!" exclaimed the voice of the hostess, addressing three or four stable-men who had been gaping spectators of this altercation, "bring yer grapes and pitchin' forks here, an' lift this birkie wi' the cockaud in his head back till his seat again. Tell Jock Brown to get his boots on wi' a' his micht, and drive thir ladies to Douglas's Hotel. An' I'm sayin', if ony o' thae English bit craturs, wi' their clippy tongues, lays hand on bit or bridle o' ony o' my horses, dinna spare the pitchin' fork--pit it through them as ye wad a lock strae; I'll hae nae rubbery in my stable-yaird--I'm braw freens wi' the Justice-Clerk."