The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
'Weel, weel; but I dare say, Geordie, ye need na mair waste your bir about it,' exclaimed the Leddy; 'for, frae something I hae heard the lad himsel say, this very day, it's no a marriage that ever noo is likely to happen in this warld;' and she winked significantly to the bridegroom's father.--'But, Geordie,' she continued, 'there is a because that I would like to understand.