If you were a woman , you could give your visitors a dish of tea ; but if you were a man and did not offer them a ` taste ' of whisky , you were thought either very mean or very ignorant . '' ` You look cold , ' said Donald , in his great , hearty voice . ` Sit nearer the fire , man , and put a bit of warmth in your veins . It 's bitter cold the day . And now tell me the Berwick news . Has Jean McLean made up with her man yet ? And is it true that Sandy McQuarrie is to marry Kate Ferguson ? ` Twill be a match now ! Sure , with her red hair , Sandy will not be like to lose his bride past finding . ' `` Neil had plenty of news to tell . And the more whisky he drank the more he told . He did n't notice that Donald was not taking much . Neil talked on and on , and of course he soon began to tell things it would have been much wiser not to tell . Finally he told Donald that he was going over the bay to ask Nancy Sherman that very night to marry him . And if she would have him , then Donald and all the folks should see a wedding that WAS a wedding . `` Oh , was n't Donald taken aback ! This was more than he had expected . Neil had n't been courting Nancy very long , and Donald never dreamed he would propose to her QUITE so soon . `` At first Donald did n't know what to do . He felt sure deep down in his heart , that Nancy liked HIM .
She was very shy and modest , but you know a girl can let a man XXXXX she likes him without going out of her way .
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