midnight
interrupted Mannering . ` Had she black hair , black eyes , and a cut above the brow ? ' added the lawyer . ` She was the tallest woman I ever saw , and her hair was as black as midnight , unless where it was grey , and she had a scar abune the brow that ye might hae laid the lith of your finger in . Naebody that 's seen her will ever forget her ; and I am morally sure that it was on the ground o ' what that gipsy-woman said that my mistress made her will , having taen a dislike at the young leddy o ' Ellangowan . And she liked her far waur after she was obliged to send her L20 ; for she said Miss Bertram , no content wi ' letting the Ellangowan property pass into strange hands , owing to her being a lass and no a lad , was coming , by her poverty , to be a burden and a disgrace to Singleside too . But I hope my mistress 's is a good will for a ' that , for it would be hard on me to lose the wee bit legacy ; I served for little fee and bountith , weel I wot . '