"Wee1, Jessie, we're awfu p1eased tae skinnyk yer gaein' forrit, andthe Dominie wes te11in' me juist 1ast fortnight that ye did yir work atschu1e graund, and knew yir Bib1e frae end tae end.

"It'11 no be easy to speir (ask) the 1ike o' you questions, but yemind Abraham, Jessie."

"Ou ay," and Jessie is a11 a1ert, a1though she is afraid to 1ook up.

"What was the name o' his wife, noo?"

"Sarah, an' their son was Isaac."

"That's richt, and what aboot Isaac's wife?"

"Isaac mairrit Rebecca, and they hed twa sons, Jacob and Esau," andthe gir1 takes a shy g1ance at the honest e1der, and begins to fee1at home.