The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
'I understand that weel,' said the Leddy; 'it's as plain as a pike-staff, that my oe Jamie, the soldier-officer, is by right the heir; and I dinna see how Walky Milrookit, or his wife Beenie, that is, according to law, Robina, can, by any decreet o' Court, keep him out of his ain,--poor laddie!'