The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
'Weel, Kittlestonheugh,' replied Dirdumwhamle, 'I'll e'en mak it better than the twa hunder and fifty--I'll make it whole three hunder, if ye'll get a paction o' consent and conneevance wi' your auld son Charles, to pay to Miss Meg, or to the offspring o' my marriage wi' her, a yearly soom during his liferent in the property, you yoursel' undertaking in your lifetime to be as good.