The book Waverly Novels, volume 4 was written by author Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832 Here you can read free online of Waverly Novels, volume 4 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Waverly Novels, volume 4 a good or bad book?
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His conductor hurried him across this striking scene, and suddenly dived with him into a very steep paved lane. Turning to the right, they entered a scale stair-case, as it is called, the state of which, so far as it could be judged of by one of his senses, annoyed Man- nering's delicacy not a little. When they had ascended cautiously to a considerable height, they heard a heavy rap at a door, still two storeys above them. The door opened, and immediately ensued the sharp and worry- ing bark of... a dog, the squalling of a woman, the screams of an assaulted cat, and the hoarse voice of a man, who cried in a most imperative tone, " Will ye, Mustard 1 Will ye 1 down, sir ! down ! " " Lord preserve us ! " said the female voice, " an he had worried our cat, Mr. Pleydell would ne'er hae forgi'en me 1 " " Aweel, my doo, the cat's no a prin the waur — So he's no in, ye say ? " " Na, Mr. Pleydell's ne'er in the house on Saturday at e'en," answered the female voice. ''And the mom's Sabbath too," said the querist; 1* I dinna ken what will be done." By this time Mannering appeared, and found a taU Digitized by Google GUY MAiWEKING 83 Strong countryman, clad in a coat of pepper-and-salt- coloured mixture, with huge metal buttons, a glazed hat and boots, and a large horse-whip beneath his arm, in colloquy with a slip-shod damsel, who had in one hand the lock of the door, and in the other a pail of whiting, or camstane, as it is called, mixed with water — a circumstance which indicates Saturday night in Edin- burgh.
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