The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
'That's not so certain,' replied George, jocularly looking at Dirdumwhamle;--'my wife has of late been more infirm than usual, and were I to marry again, and had male heirs--'  'Hoot, wi' your male heirs, and your snuffies; I hate the very name o' sic things--they hae been the pests o' my life.--It would hae been a better world without them,' exclaimed the Leddy, and then she added--'But we need na cast out about sic unborn babes o' Chevy Chase.