"Oh! of course," said Lady Coote. "It would."
And wondered why she agreed so fervently.
MacDonald looked at her very hard.
"Of course," he said, "if it's your orders, m'lady—"
He left it like that. But his menacing tone was too much for Lady Coote. She capitulated at once.
"Oh! no," she said. "I see what you mean, MacDonald. N-no—William had better get on with the lower border."
"That's what I thocht meself, m'lady."
"Yes," said Lady Coote. "Yes. Certainly."
"I thocht you'd gree, m'lady," said MacDonald.
"Oh! certainly," said Lady Coote again.