` Now , Bess , old girl , do your bonniest , ' he said . ` There 's more than you know hangs on your speed . If the Campbell wakes too soon Black Dan could show you a pair of clean heels for all your good start . On , my girl . ' `` Brown Bess went over the ice like a deer , and Donald kept thinking of what he should say to Nancy -- and more still of what she would say to him . SUPPOSE he was mistaken . SUPPOSE she said ` no ! ' '' ` Neil would have the laugh on me then . Sure he 's sleeping well . And the snow is coming soon . There 'll be a bonny swirl on the bay ere long . I hope no harm will come to the lad if he starts to cross . When he wakes he 'll be in such a fine Highland temper that he 'll never stop to think of danger . Well , Bess , old girl , here we are . Now , Donald Fraser , pluck up heart and play the man . Never flinch because a slip of a lass looks scornful at you out of the bonniest dark-blue eyes on earth . ' `` But in spite of his bold words Donald 's heart was thumping as he drove into the Sherman yard . Nancy was there milking a cow by the stable door , but she stood up when she saw Donald coming . Oh , she was very beautiful ! Her hair was like a skein of golden silk , and her eyes were as blue as the gulf water when the sun breaks out after a storm .
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