siller," she said, "to make ye think I am blearing your ee; fare
ye weel till after Martinmas." And there she left us standing.'

'Was she a very tall woman?' interrupted Mannering.

'Had she black hair, black eyes, and a cut above the brow?' added
the lawyer.

'She was the tallest woman I ever saw, and her hair was as black
as midnight, unless where it was grey, and she had a scar abune
the brow that ye might hae laid the lith of your finger in.
Naebody that's seen her will ever forget her; and I am morally
sure that it was on the ground o' what that gipsy-woman said that
my mistress made her will, having taen a dislike at the young
leddy o' Ellangowan. And she liked her far waur after she was
obliged to send her L20; for she said Miss Bertram, no content wi'
letting the Ellangowan property pass into strange hands, owing to
her being a lass and no a lad, was coming, by her poverty, to be a
burden and a disgrace to Singleside too. But I hope my mistress's
is a good will for a' that, for it would be hard on me to lose the
wee bit legacy; I served for little fee and bountith, weel I wot.'

The Counsellor relieved her fears on this head, then inquired
after Jenny Gibson, and understood she had accepted Mr. Dinmont's
offer. 'And I have done sae mysell too, since he was sae discreet
as to ask me,' said Mrs. Rebecca; 'they are very decent folk the
Dinmonts, though my lady didna dow to hear muckle about the
friends on that side the house. But she liked the Charlie's Hope
hams and the cheeses and the muir-fowl that they were aye sending,
and the lamb's-wool hose and mittens--she liked them weel eneugh.'