The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
The minister has been here wi' Geordie, and it's his solid opinion--we a' ken what a man o' lair and judgement Dr. Denholm is;--he thinks that Watty's no o' a faculty to maintain the salvation of the family property; and when your gude-brother heard how I hae been used, he said, that neither law nor justice should oblige him to let his mother live any longer in this house o' bondage and land o' Egypt; so that, when we get the wean put aneath the ground, there aiblins will be some terrogation as to the naturality of Watty's capacity, which, ye may be sure, is a most sore heart to me, his mother, to hear tell o'.