Lord Strath. (to himself). Now, how the deuce am I going to get out of this? And what have they done with Marjory?
Uncle Gab. Joanna, my love, I've been telling his Lordship here how delighted and honoured we should be to see him at dinner some——
[Mrs. Gilwattle rises slowly, bristling with indignation, and glares speechlessly at the unconscious Lord Strathsporran, while Mrs. Tidmarsh vainly attempts to appease her, as her husband and the other men enter. Tableau.
End of Scene X.
"At the Window."
In dull days of sensational horrors, and wild would-be humorous hums,
What delight to fly darkness, and watch the "Auld Licht," from "A Window in Thrums"!
Let pessimists potter and pule, and let savages slaughter and harry;
Give me Hendry, and Tammas, and Jess, and a smile, and a tear born of Barrie.