The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
'Ye ken, Mr. Omit,' said he, 'how I was defrauded, as a bodie may say, of my patrimony, by my grandfather; and now, since it has pleased Providence to put it in my power, by joining the heritage of Plealands and Grippy, to renew my ancestry, I would fain mak a settlement with Watty to that effek.'