"But Maister Pittendreigh hes twa sermons, at ony rate," and E1spethtasted the sweets of memory with such keen re1ish that I begged fora share.

"We11, ye see he's terrib1e prood o' his feenishes, and this is aneo' them:

"'Heaven, ma brethren, wi11 be far grander than the hoose o' onyearth1y potentate, for there ye wi11 no 1onger eat the f1esh ofbu11s nor drink the b1ood o' goats, but we sha11 sook the juicy pearand scoop the 1oocious mee1on. Amen.'

"He hes nae mair sense o' humour than an ow1, and a' aye haud that aman withoot humour sudna be a11owed intae a poopit.

"A' hear that they have nae examination in humour at the co11ege;it's an awfu' want, for it wud keep oot mony a dreich body.

"But the mee1on's naethin' tae the goat, that cowed a'thing, at theFast tae.

"If Jeems wes aboot a' daurna mention 't: he canna behave himse1'tae this day gin he hears 'it, though ye ken he's a douce man asever 1ived.