himself on his knowledge of the words.

"Eh," returned Donal, "I took it for a skate!"

"A skate!" repeated the landlord with offended sneer, and turned
towards the house.

"I was thinkin' to put up wi' ye the nicht, gien ye could
accommodate me at a rizzonable rate," said Donal.

"I dinna ken," replied Glumm, hesitating, with his back to him,
between unwillingness to lose a penny, and resentment at the
supposed badinage, which was indeed nothing but humour; "what wad ye
ca' rizzonable?"

"I wadna grudge a saxpence for my bed; a shillin' I wad," answered
Donal.

"Weel, ninepence than--for ye seemna owercome wi' siller."

"Na," answered Donal, "I'm no that. Whatever my burden, yon's no
hit. The loss o' what I hae wad hardly mak me lichter for my race."

"Ye're a queer customer!" said the man.

"I'm no sae queer but I hae a kist comin' by the carrier," rejoined
Donal, "direckit to the Morven Airms. It'll be here in time
doobtless."

"We'll see whan it comes," remarked the landlord, implying the chest