The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
'I maun gar his mother write to him,' said the Leddy, 'to tell him what a victory I hae gotten;--for ye maun ken, Willy Keckle, that I hae overcome principalities and powers in this controversy.--Wha ever heard o' thousands o' pounds gotten for sax weeks' bed, board, and washing, like mine?