They Took the Hint.
It is related of a noble Scottish lady of the olden time, who lived in a remote part of the Highlands, and was known for her profuse liberality, that she was sometimes overburdened with habitual visitors.
When any of them outstayed his welcome, she would take occasion to say to him at the morning meal, with an arch look at the rest of the company :
11 Make a quid breakfast, Mr Me , while ye're aboot it ; ye dinna ken whaur yell get yout dinner."
The hint was usually taken, and the visitor departed.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2104, 21 June 1894, Page 49
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97They Took the Hint. Otago Witness, Issue 2104, 21 June 1894, Page 49
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