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  • "I am sorry for that," said I, "for I am not done; and if you distaste the sermon, I doubt the pirliecue 24.1 will please you as little.

    Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour 1886

  • "I am sorry for that," said I, "for I am not done; and if you distaste the sermon, I doubt the pirliecue* will please you as little.

    Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

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  • concluding sermon

    "O!" says I, "I ken ye bear a King's name. But you are to remember , since I have been in the Highlands, I mave seen a good many of those that bear it; and the best I can say of any of them is this, that they would be none the worse of washing."

    "Do you know that you insult me?" said Alan, very low.

    "I am sorry for that," said I, "for I am not done; and if you distaste the sermon, I doubt the pirliecue will please you as little..."

    December 27, 2008