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"Ye'll just permit me to remind ye again, young leddy, that the hottle's full -- exceptin' only this settin'-room, and the bedchamber yonder belonging to it."
So spoke "Mistress Inchbare," landlady of the Craig Fernie Inn, to Anne Silvester, standing in the parlor, purse in hand, and offering the price of the two rooms before she claimed permission to occupy them.