Kilmeny of the Orchard 
     
    
   
   
    
     spite of your scorn I venture to predict 
     
     that if fate doesn’t bring her before long 
     
     you’ll very soon start out to look for her. 
     
     A word of advice, oh, son of your mother. 
     
     When you go courting take your common 
     
     sense with you.” 
     
    

    
     “ Do you think I shall be likely to leave 
     
     it behind“.2 ” asked Eric amusedly. 
     
    

    
     “ Well, I mistrust you,” said David, 
     
     sagely wagging his head. “ The Lowland 
     
     Scotch part of you is all right, but there’s 
     
     a Celtic streak in you, from that little 
     
     Highland grandmother of yours, and 
     
     when a man has that there’s never any 
     
     knowing where it will break out, or what 
     
     dance it will lead him, especially when it 
     
     comes to this love—making business. You 
     
     are just as likely as not to lose your head 
     
     over sons; little fool or shrew for the sake 
     
     of her outward favour and make yourself 
     
     Inger-able for life. When you pick you a 
     
     wife please remember that I shall reserve 
     
     p the right to pass a candid opinion on her.” 
     
     “ Pass all the opinions you like, but it 
     
    
   
   
    
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