trowth

• “But his glory! consistin 'in his trowth an' lovin'kindness -- (man! that's a bonny word) -- an 'grand self-forgettin' devotion to his creaters -- lord! man, it's unspeakable.”

  David Elginbrod

• “A man, 'she said,' 'at disna tell ye the trowth aboot himsel 's no likly to tell ye the trowth aboot _your_sel!”

  Heather and Snow

• “But I maun tell ye the trowth, Kirsty,' he resumed: 'forby yersel, there's them' at says I'm a cooard! ”

  Heather and Snow

• “I see ye're no gaein to tell me the trowth, Kirsty!”

  Heather and Snow

• “There's sma' hairm can come to ony man frae the trowth, Phemy! 'answered Kirsty.”

  Heather and Snow

• “I hae been tellin ye -- no God's trowth, it's true, but the deevil's -- and it's no use, for ye winna believe a word o '' t! ”

  Heather and Snow

• “But to tell the trowth, I'm no sure she'll think verra aft aboot what ye did for her! ”

  Heather and Snow

• “Ye're in a waur hurry nor ye ken, for yer hurry sud be the ither gait!' answered Kirsty; 'and I'm gaein to turn ye, or at least no gaein to lat ye gang, ohn heard a bit o' the trowth frae a woman aulder nor yersel!”

  Heather and Snow

• “Mother, I ken what ye say to be the trowth, and I hae a gran' pooer o 'believin the trowth.”

  Heather and Snow

• “It maitered little sae lang as they war lasses as hertless and toom-heidit as himsel, and ower weel used to sic havers; but a lassie like you, 'at never afore hearkent to siclike, she taks them a' for trowth, and the leein sough o 'him gars her trow there was never on earth sic a won'erfu cratur as her!”

  Heather and Snow

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