The fields were being reaped ; two ships lay anchored , and boats were coming and going on the Hope . It was altogether a right pleasant sight to me ; and I could not take my fill of gazing at these comfortable , green , cultivated hills and the busy people both of the field and sea . For all that , there was Mr. Rankeillor 's house on the south shore , where I had no doubt wealth awaited me ; and here was I upon the north , clad in poor enough attire of an outlandish fashion , with three silver shillings left to me of all my fortune , a price set upon my head , and an outlawed man for my sole company . `` O , Alan ! '' said I , `` to think of it ! Over there , there 's all that heart could want waiting me ; and the birds go over , and the boats go over -- all that please can go , but just me only ! O , man , but it 's a heart-break ! '' In Limekilns we entered a small change-house , which we only knew to be a public by the wand over the door , and bought some bread and cheese from a good-looking lass that was the servant . This we carried with us in a bundle , meaning to sit and eat it in a bush of wood on the sea-shore , that we saw some third part of a mile in front . As we went , I kept looking across the water and sighing to myself ; and though I took no heed of it , Alan had fallen into a muse . At last he stopped in the way . `` Did ye take heed of the lass we bought this of ? '' says he , tapping on the bread and cheese . `` To be sure , '' said I , `` and a bonny lass she was . '' `` Ye thought that ? '' cries he . `` Man , David , that 's good news . '' `` In the name of all that 's wonderful , why so ? '' says I. `` What good can that do ? '' `` Well , '' said Alan , with one of his droll looks , `` I was rather in hopes it would maybe get us that boat . ''
`` If it were the other way about , it would be liker it , '' said I. `` That 's all that you ken , ye see , '' said XXXXX .
Alan David Limekilns Rankeillor change-house heart-break left right sea-shore third