Isie Constable--still little, still old-fashioned, and still wise.

Margaret Anderson was taken good care of by Annie Forbes, but kept
herself clear of all obligation by never acknowledging any.

Robert Bruce had to refund, and content himself with his rights. He
died worth a good deal of money notwithstanding, which must have been a
great comfort to him at the last.

Young Robert is a clergyman, has married a rich wife, hopes to be
Moderator of the Assembly some day, and never alludes to his royal
ancestor.

THE END.

Note from John Bechard, transcriber of this electronic text.

The following is a list of Scottish words found in George MacDonald's
_Alec Forbes of Howglen_. I have compiled this list myself and worked
out the definitions from context with the help of Margaret West, from
Leven in Fife, Scotland, and also by referring to a word list found in
a collection of poems by Robert Burns, _Chamber's Scots Dialect
Dictionary from the 17th century to the Present_ c. 1911 and
_Scots-English English-Scots Dictionary_ Lomond Books c. 1998. I have
tried to be as thorough as possible given the limited resources and
welcome any feedback on this list (my e-mail address is
JaBBechard@aol.com). This was never meant to be a comprehensive list of
the Scots Dialect, but rather an aid to understanding some of the
conversations and references that appear in this novel. I do apologise
for any mistakes or omissions. I aimed for my list to be very
comprehensive, and it often repeats the same word in a plural or
diminutive form. As well, it includes words that are quite obvious to
native English speakers, only spelled in such a way to demonstrate the
regional pronunciation.

This list is a compressed format that consists of three columns for
'word', 'definition', and 'notes'. It is set up with a comma between
each item and a hard return at the end of each definition. This means
that this section could easily be cut and pasted into its own text file
and imported into a database or spreadsheet as a comma separated
variable file (.csv file). Failing that, you could do a search and
replace for commas in this section (I have not used any commas in my
words, definitions or notes) and replace the commas with spaces or
tabs.

Word,Definition,Notes
a',all; every,also have
a' gait,everywhere,
a' thing,everything; anything,
abettin',abetting,
a'body,everyone; everybody,
aboon,above; up; over,also beyond; more than
aboot,about