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She it was who brought Mr. Andrew Micklewhame the pint of porter and the biscuit . `` I suppose , my dear ! '' said Andrew -- -LRB- he had been a gay deceiver in his youth , and , ever since that period , the phrase , `` my dear ! '' had stuck to him , and always when speaking to a female did he use it -RRB- -- `` I suppose , my dear , '' continued he , `` I can have tea , and a beef-steak , or something of that kind , to it , in '' -- -LRB- here he stopped , and looked at his watch , from which he ascertained that it was then half-past four o'clock -RRB- -- `` in an hour and a half ; and , as I purpose staying here to-night , I should like a bed . Will you arrange this for me ? '' `` Ye can easily get yer tea , sir , '' said the woman of forty-two , looking pleased at being addressed , `` my dear ; '' `` but , as for the bed , unless ye like to sleep in a dooble-bedded room , we canna gie ye accomodation . The lad that sleeps in ane o ' the beds , is a decent sort o ' a callant .