The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
'O no,' cried the Leddy; 'he was a most tractable creature, and the kindliest son,' she added, with a sigh; 'but since that time he's been neither to bind nor to haud, threatening to send me, his mother, a-garsing--garing me lay out my own lawful jointure on the house, and using me in the most horridable manner--wastring his income in the most thoughtless way.'