“Iss yo' do, lass,” he coaxed, and kissed her again.
She struggled faintly.
“Hoo daur yo'?” she cried through her tears. But he was not to be moved.
“Will yo' noo?” he asked.
She remained dumb, and he kissed her again.
“Impidence!” she cried.
“Ay,” said he, closing her mouth.
“I wonder at ye, Davie!” she said, surrendering.
After that Maggie must needs give in; and it was well understood, though nothing definite had been said, that the boy and girl were courting. And in the Dale the unanimous opinion was that the young couple would make “a gradely pair, surely.”