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I wish to carry off the girl , Jessie Warriston , to-morrow night -- canst thou assist me in that enterprise ? '' `` It 's just in the like o ' thae bits o ' ploys that the genius o ' Peter Finlayson lies , '' answered Geordie . `` I ken the lassie maist intimately , and can bring her to ony appointed spot at ony hour ye please to name . '' `` To-morrow night , then , '' said Brodie , `` at eight o'clock , at the resting-stone at the top of the Leith Lone ; knowest thou the place ? '' `` I do , '' answered Geordie ; `` and shall attend ; but ye ken , I suppose , the difference that lies atween the ordinary jobs o ' us cadies , and the like o ' thae michty emprises , whar life and limb , and honour and reputation , are concerned . In the first case , the pay comes after the wark -- in the ither , the wark comes after the pay ; an ' it 's richt natural , whan ye think o ` t ; because I hae often seen the city guard kick the wark and the warkmen to the deevil in an instant , and the puir cadie gets only broken banes for his pains . '' `` There , then , '' said Brodie , `` there is half of thy fee ; the other shall be given when thou bringest the girl . ''