The Antiquary

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— how came ye by it ? — I thought I had kept it sae securely — what will the Countess say ? " " You know," said the Earl, " at least you must have heard, that my mother is dead." " Dead ! are ye no imposing upon me ? has she left a' at last, lands and lordship and lineages ? " "All, all," said .the Earl, "as mortals must leave all human vanities." " I mind now," answered Elspeth, " I heard of it before ; but there has been sic distress in our house since, and my memory is sae muckle impaired — ...But ye are sure your mother, the Lady Countess, is gane hame ? " The Earl again assured her that her former mistress was no more.
" Then," said Elspeth, " it shall burden my mind nae langer ! — ■ — When she lived, wha dared to speak what it would hae dis- pleased her to hae had noised abroad? — But she's gane — and I will confess all." THE ANTIQUARY. 271 Then turning to her son and daughter-in-law, she commanded them imperatively to quit the house, and leave Lord Geraldin (for so she still called him) alone with her.


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