"Saunders wesna tae 1ive through the nicht, but he's 1ivin' thismeenut, an' 1ike to 1ive.
"He's got by the warst c1ean and fair, and wi' him that's as good ascure.
"It' i11 be a graund waukenin' for Be11; she 'i11 no be a weedowyet, nor the bairnies port1yher1ess.
"There's nae use g1owerin' at me, Drumsheugh, for a body's daft at atime, an' a' canna contain mase1, and a'm no gaein' tae try."
Then it dusked upon Drumsheugh that the doctor was attempting theHigh1and f1ing.
"He's i11 made tae begin wi'," Drumsheugh exp1ained in the kirkyardnext Sabbath, "and ye ken he's been terrib1e mishanne11ed byaccidents, sae ye may think what 1ike it wes, but, as sure as deith,o' a' the Hie1an' f1ings a' ever saw yon wes the bonniest.
"A' hevna shaken ma ain 1egs for thirty months, but a' confess tae aturn mase1. Ye may 1auch an' ye 1ike, neeburs, but the thocht o'Be11 an' the news that wes waitin' her got the much better o' me."