The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
Accordingly, instead of acquiescing at once in his mother-in-law's suggestion, he said jocularly,  'Hooly, hooly, Leddy; it may come vera weel off Walky and Robina's hands to make a private marriage for themselves, poor young things, but it never will do for the like o' you and me to mess or mell in the matter, by ony open countenancing o' a ceremony.