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| Hsien | ignored her. “The verra man |
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| Hsien | streekit oot a haun an touche |
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| Hsien | hailed Bill in a perfunctory |
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| Hsien | fund a private spot, a wee hu |
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| Hsien | felt the attention o the room |
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| Hsien | sighed. Acause, whan ye git r |
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| Hsien | turnt tae her efter the Capta |
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| Hsien | clenched his haun till the na |
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| Hsien | bit his lip. “An if ye fail |
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| Hsien | had a guid singin vyce, law a |
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| Hsien | sighed. He wis feart for her: |
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| Hsien | regairdit him. Whit the hell, |
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| Hsien | leuch through his niz at Iska |
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| Hsien | pat a warnin haun on his fore |
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| Hsien | held oot his haun, luif upwar |
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| Hsien | gied a snell lauch. “Sweeth |
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| Hsien | lat oot a stranglet lauch. Th |
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| Hsien | an Raggle dug oot an auld dum |
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| Hsien | regairdit him. Whit the hell, |
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| Hsien | , his mou set in a line, cleek |
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| Hsien | turnt tae Beatrice, a worriet |
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| Hsien | claucht Raggle’s fore-erm, |
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| Hsien | wis sleepin whan Beatrice cam |
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| Hsien | lowsit Raggle, an he lundert |
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| Hsien | wis practically spittin. “C |
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| Hsien | allooed the twa aulder weemen |
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| Hsien | shrugged. “Naethin happent. |
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| Hsien | leuch. “Thoo’s a practica |
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| Hsien | got up an pit his erm roon Ra |
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| Hsien | tossed an turnt an sweitit. T |
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ither. Because if thoo disna, | Hsien | , ane o thir nichts, Ah will. |
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the stounin o his sair heid, | Hsien | watched her gang. Raggle didn |
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ly grilled by our old friend, | Hsien | . I have an unfortunate habit |
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Slooched in the site office, | Hsien | heard weemen’s vyces. Guzul |
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she didna unnerstaun that he, | Hsien | , cud pick up the telltale sur |
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buir wis a brand. Quate-like, | Hsien | sayed yin wird: “The Chines |
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the win. Efter a while, | Hsien | cam back an jynt thaim. “We |
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e had expeckit. Be this time, | Hsien | had jynt the lave waitin for |
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a day’s mairch o the mine, | Hsien | gaed on aheid wi Iskander tae |
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Whan it wis aa quate, | Hsien | halpit Beatrice up. “Are ye |
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n she wis rinnin wi the lave, | Hsien | hyterin an cursin, for aa Isk |
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e rin for it. An thoo an aal, | Hsien | ,” he addit. “Thoo’s nae |
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rm her, an the Chinese chiel, | Hsien | , seemt aa richt. At this meen |
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Seein Bill, | Hsien | pattit Beatrice’s erm an th |
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Seein Bill, | Hsien | pattit Beatrice’s erm an th |
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She’s beautiful, | Hsien | thocht. He wis hingin ower th |
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zul’s concoctions doon him, | Hsien | wad hae been as fu as Yuri Ga |
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akin. Whan he sut doon again, | Hsien | had left the room. Beatrice |
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This is ma contribution, | Hsien | thocht. This is whit Ah’m g |
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t doon tae fechtin wi blades, | Hsien | an Kamile had set oot tae sea |
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at declaration o his feelins, | Hsien | reflectit, that he’d gotten |
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Efter that, | Hsien | spent an oor or twa wi her ma |
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her buits tae ease her feet, | Hsien | sut doon aside her. |
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! Hey, | Hsien | !” - an somethin unintellig |
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“Disna thoo wint a faimly, | Hsien | ?” speirt Iskander, blate-li |
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“Disna thoo wint a faimly, | Hsien | ?” speirt Iskander, blate-li |
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On a suddenty, | Hsien | wis at her shoother. “Juist |
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The man - | Hsien | - cried back in the ilk leid |
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A wick passed. | Hsien | nor Iskander peyed nae attent |
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back in a kinna semi-circle. | Hsien | had juist tae fling the dugs |
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’s lug. | Hsien | stuid up an claucht Raggle be |
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ce, an there wis a wee buith. | Hsien | wis ahint the coonter, smilin |
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eesion tae come wi thir fowk. | Hsien | turnt his back on her, mungin |
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ld Langage. That rung a bell. | Hsien | had caaed the leid his crood |
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thaim tae, o coorse. An Bill. | Hsien | had telt her yisterday, bit t |
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wis staunin ower thaim. | Hsien | sayed naethin. The man seemt |
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ly. Unnerstaunin cam til him. | Hsien | cud only mean yae thing. Beat |
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ionless. She follaed his een. | Hsien | wis sittin at the fire atween |
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n there a lot thoo disna ken. | Hsien | cairries a burthen, Beatrice. |
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ae the door an flung it open. | Hsien | wis sloungin agin the opposit |
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imly tae stick thair nebs in. | Hsien | had never shawn ony interest |
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he cudna afford tae dwall on. | Hsien | hadna kent whit he wis daein, |
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the rocks, avoidin saft grun. | Hsien | stuck close tae the young lad |
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atrice heard thaim ahint her. | Hsien | wis taislin the auld lady an |
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cam back a puckle oors later. | Hsien | halpit him oot the cab. “Ye |
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they stuffit it wi auld duds. | Hsien | wis annoyed wi hissel. Raggle |
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r expensive medical problems. | Hsien | seems tae cope aa richt. |
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git tae ken the younger yins. | Hsien | maun hae been watchin, acause |
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She hesitatit. | Hsien | kent aboot thaim tae, o coors |
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k wisna a tattoo, bit a walt. | Hsien | ’s fingers wis lang an taper |
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, if that wis the richt wird? | Hsien | laid his haun on the buird an |
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“Hsien? | Hsien | halpit ye?” |
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“Hsien? | Hsien | halpit ye?” |
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Whit am Ah daein? | Hsien | thocht. Whit am Ah daein? Abr |
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ies, jynt thaim, acknawledged | Hsien | an Tad, an seatit hersel forn |
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Beatrice studied | Hsien | ’s sleepin face be the lowe |
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has plans for me,” replied | Hsien | . “Shö obviously thinks sh |
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has plans for me,” replied | Hsien | . “Sho obviously thinks shé |
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sayin that Guzul had knocked | Hsien | oot last nicht an left Beatri |
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Beatrice allooed | Hsien | tae lead her towart the perim |
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ad sclimt the fence an yaised | Hsien | ’s directions tae pick aff a |
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“Raggle,” sayed | Hsien | , “gin it’s no thee, an it |
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“Dinnae fash,” sayed | Hsien | . “Ah’ll lea the bonny Lac |
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“Dinnae fash,” sayed | Hsien | . “Ah’ll lea the bonny Lac |
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“Leuk,” sayed | Hsien | , “that’s aa verra weill, |
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“Weill,” sayed | Hsien | . “Ah wad like the twa o ye |
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Lat me tak yer erm,” sayed | Hsien | . “Ah really |
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“Ragoran,” sayed | Hsien | solemnly. “Ah didna think t |
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“Hooanever,” sayed | Hsien | , “gin thoo’s only ettlin |
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“There twa feet,” sayed | Hsien | , teasin him. |
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“Aa richt,” sayed | Hsien | . He swept Bill aff tae jyne K |
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“Ay,” sayed | Hsien | stievely. |
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“Whit?” sayed | Hsien | . “Ah wis haunlin him acause |
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And | Hsien | flistit at her. Whit wis she |
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Beatrice fund | Hsien | back at her door the verra ne |
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n an ran efter him. She heard | Hsien | cryin in Chinese for thaim ta |
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busses. Bill led her awa fae | Hsien | , like as gin he wis tryin for |
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breistit a ridge an waved tae | Hsien | tae jyne him. Beatrice, aye w |
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ll dae that,” he sayed tae | Hsien | . |
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uird an drapt his hauns ontae | Hsien | ’s shoothers. Kneadin thaim |
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ung man. She hurried ower tae | Hsien | an telt him whit Iskander had |
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The wumman turnt tae | Hsien | than an questiont him in the |
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Kamile hunkert doon be | Hsien | ’s side. She stoopit ower hi |
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eal, whan she wis startlet be | Hsien | suddenly ahint her. “Beatri |
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for. An Guzul seemt tae like | Hsien | . At ony rate she got ontae hi |
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While | Hsien | an Iskander wis awa, the ithe |
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tin her adrenalin gaun, while | Hsien | sut cross-leggit agin the waa |
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Dis it really maitter if | Hsien | haes a heritable ... is it e |
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bit whit cud she dae? Whit if | Hsien | really did need watchin, an s |
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is, including | Hsien | .” |
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an Beatrice saw her approach | Hsien | . Beatrice watched oot o the c |
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m tae the heid o the brae, wi | Hsien | close ahint. The Chinese wis |
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ally saw her, aheid o him, wi | Hsien | . He lat oot his braith wi a w |
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at a rickety fauldin table wi | Hsien | an Tad, Beatrice leukit aroon |
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tichten. Whit cud be wrang wi | Hsien | ? He wis a strang, hale man .. |
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ious nicht. She’d sutten wi | Hsien | till his temperature gaed doo |
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ad an the lave wis content wi | Hsien | ’s suggestion that they heid |
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e shrugged. “You should ask | Hsien | . He’s a walking lie detecto |
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that efter she’d etten, an | Hsien | brocht oot a roondit stane, s |
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porary pheesical weakness, an | Hsien | had disobeyed orders an went |
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en the twins’ faither - an | Hsien | writin in bluid on his chist. |
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irt fae auld Guangwu Bang. An | Hsien | possibly. |
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wi his hauns on his hips. An | Hsien | wis providin the entertainmen |
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i hauns at his breist. Tad an | Hsien | returnt the boo an the lama u |
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sayed Bill. Wi Beatrice an | Hsien | , he had been takin stock o th |
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hile aboot ither things, than | Hsien | returnt tae the ilk tune. |
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hile aboot ither things, than | Hsien | returnt tae the ilk tune. |
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cuse an dauner aff again whan | Hsien | jynt thaim. She thocht for a |
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wis aye yin or twa aroon whan | Hsien | arrived as a bairn. The notor |
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o freins, colleagues. E’en | Hsien | . An hersel. She cud juist ima |
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i. Apairt fae thair new frein | Hsien | , maist o thaim seemt tae be U |
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a that he wis prejudiced agin | Hsien | , he telt hissel. It wis juist |
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Raggle mungin tae the lauchin | Hsien | , bit aa she catched wis, “D |
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t wintery bleakness. Somethin | Hsien | had sayed stuck in her mind. |
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it. Beatrice heard her tellin | Hsien | , “Ah canna be bothert tryin |
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ear her objective, the openin | Hsien | had pyntit oot til her, whan |
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t this wis the saicont warnin | Hsien | had gien her. Whit wey did he |
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he made the pieces o shot in | Hsien | ’s circle loup oot yin be yi |
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l, “he’s gaun tae mention | Hsien | neist.” She raised her blad |
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hurs, bit on the ither side o | Hsien | there wis a reid-heidit fella |
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sed that she had lost track o | Hsien | . She waitit a daicent while, |
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f. She wis gratefully awaur o | Hsien | aside her. She felt the urge |
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. She wadna hae believed it o | Hsien | . Maybe his perceptiveness jui |
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mar wad made it clear whedder | Hsien | wis spickin fack or reportin |
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ft. A gibbous muin shawed her | Hsien | sittin on a meal ark. He drap |
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She gaed tae leuk for | Hsien | . |
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She gaed tae leuk for | Hsien | . |
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upulous tae dae it. An as for | Hsien | an whitever they had duin tae |
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en he glanced toward the door | Hsien | had gane through. “Thoo an |
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d hae been the ilk cave whaur | Hsien | had first fund her. The lands |
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,” sayed Bill, leukin whaur | Hsien | wis mintin at twa muckle truc |
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him an rubbin his wrist whaur | Hsien | had claucht it, “Ah didna m |
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cks on aabody. She watched as | Hsien | swept his haun repeatitly ath |
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rin. The wumman wis aareadies | Hsien | ’s, ony time he cared tae ta |
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nt tae rin back. An there wis | Hsien | . He catched her an pu’ed he |
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favourite wi Tad). The freins | Hsien | had, though, were guid yins. |
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Bill glanced at | Hsien | , whase claes were in tatters |
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o the room, she cud see that | Hsien | ’s bouk wis pockit doon eith |
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an she leukit up tae see that | Hsien | wis staunin ower thaim. Hsien |
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ed while they ett, excep that | Hsien | informt thaim, “I’m the o |
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She becam awaur that | Hsien | an his sidekick Iskander watc |
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k in thaim. Beatrice saw that | Hsien | ’s een wis aye shut. And as |
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owart the hearth, an saw that | Hsien | had come in an wis gaun richt |
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is that no bugger knows what | Hsien | is, including Hsien.” |
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mean when they look at | Hsien | and say behind his back, A ma |
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e, wha noddit triumphantly at | Hsien | , an hushlet baith o thaim awa |
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“Ah bet | Hsien | can, though!” a thrid leuch |
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a rotten trick on thaim, bit | Hsien | didna complain. He kent he le |
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s o langage acquiseetion, bit | Hsien | wis a mair intelligent man aa |
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t findin onythin tae say, bit | Hsien | wis his normal sel again imme |
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wis aa weemen or aa men. Bit | Hsien | an Captain Kamile wis sittin |
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She guidit | Hsien | tae a boolder on the edge o t |
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time. He stuid up an proggit | Hsien | , aye sittin on the grun, in t |
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the badges o his craft. Whit | Hsien | buir wis a brand. Quate-like, |
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ilet. She cud unnerstaun whit | Hsien | saw in the lad. He wis sherp. |
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ilet. She cud unnerstaun whit | Hsien | saw in the lad. He wis sherp. |
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he time, Beatrice mindit whit | Hsien | had sayed thon first nicht in |
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Raggle’s ancestors likit | Hsien | . A lot o the Dug Men wad hae |
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Forenent | Hsien | , in the open, twa lads ana ma |
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Wi deeficulty, she got | Hsien | clad. His temperature wis bac |
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maun hae heard stories aboot | Hsien | ’s ... broad-minditness - b |
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atrice wis expectin. Nae doot | Hsien | cud see that. He maun think R |
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Leukin back towart | Hsien | , she saw him skelpin Derriaki |
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aamaist imperceptibly towart | Hsien | . He pit his erm aroon her. Wh |
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ised his ither haun tae thraw | Hsien | ’s lug. Hsien stuid up an cl |
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Whan Raggle saw | Hsien | ’s haun at breakfast the nei |
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e square, she immediately saw | Hsien | . He wis spickin tae Kamile, t |
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She drew | Hsien | awa tae spick til her, an Bea |
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the rock, unnoticed e’en by | Hsien | in his agitation. “Come on, |
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ye there, an had been jynt by | Hsien | . An Beatrice. |
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ye there, an had been jynt by | Hsien | . An Beatrice. |
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rough. “Thoo an me an bludy | Hsien | ,” he sayed. He threw his he |
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“ | Hsien | ,” Beatrice sayed douce-like |
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“ | Hsien | ,” she sayed as he made tae |
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ggle in the ee an replied, “ | Hsien | an the wumman quha drappit fa |
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leid shot oot o thin air. “ | Hsien | ,” he sayed, as she leuch at |
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sayed, gliskin sidieweys. “ | Hsien | wad offer ye a hame,” she g |
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cried oot fae the cavern: “ | Hsien | ! Hey, Hsien!” - an somethi |
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ly spick the Auld Langage,” | Hsien | gaed on. His een wis shut. A |
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Guzul spicks some Chinese,” | Hsien | sayed eventually. “Come on. |
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le is jealous o his nurse,” | Hsien | telt Bill casually. |
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“Sho disna hae tae kill,” | Hsien | repeatit, “just pit an oppo |
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hae an alliance wi thaim,” | Hsien | telt her. “Gin we happen ta |
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“Shair ye can,” | Hsien | replied. “Juist keep oot o |
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“Keep walkin,” | Hsien | sayed caumly, turnin back the |
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Ye’re no the only yin,” | Hsien | thocht, “ye’re no the onl |
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the ceilin. “Noo, first,” | Hsien | sayed, “we hae tae decide q |
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“Ay,” | Hsien | acknowledged. “Thoo sirely |
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“Onywey,” | Hsien | sayed, efter a _ while, “th |
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gle. Ah dinna ken a thing.” | Hsien | gied a sooch. “Quhit dis th |
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ne o thir nichts, Ah will.” | Hsien | made nae reply, bit Raggle fe |
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“Hey, hey.” | Hsien | gestert wi his hauns, wardin |
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git in yince ye git there?” | Hsien | speirt at Bill. |
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“Rational?” | Hsien | repeatit. “Collegiality?” |
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r dis onybody dae onythin?” | Hsien | speirt lichtly. “Maybe his |