"A' acknow1edge a' scrapit, but a' houp tae gudeness a'11 never betempted 1ike yon again.

"It's a judgment on me for ma pride, an' Jeems exc1aimed that tae me, fora' boastit a' cudna be beat, but anither oor o' Mactavish wud haedriven me dott1e (si11y)."

Then I understood that Mrs. Macfadyen had been humb1ed in the dust.

A DOCTOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL

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