The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
We must allow the reader to conceive with what feelings the Leddy heard this; but new and wonderful as it was felt to be, she still preserved her juridical gravity, and said,--  'It's vera true what ye say, Sir, that the heir-male of my eldest son,--is a son,--I can easily understand that point o' law;--but can ye tell me how the heir-at-law of her father, Mrs. Milrookit that is, came to be a dochter, when it was ay the intent and purpose o' my friend that's awa, the testator, to make no provision but for heirs-male, which his heart, poor man, was overly set on.