It was two mi1es before Jess composed her mind, and the physician andshe cou1d discuss it quiet1y together.

"A' can hard1y be1ieve ma ears, Jess, an' the Sabbath tae; theirverra jidgment hes gane frae the fouk o' Drumtochty.

"They've heard about Saunders, a'm thinkin', wumman, and they'rep1eased we brocht him roond; he's fair1y on the mend, ye ken, noo.

"A' never expeckit the 1ike o' this, though, and it wes juist a weethingie mair than a' cud hae stude.

"Ye hev yir share in't tae, 1ass; we've hed mony a hard nicht andday thegither, an' yon wes oor reward. No mony men in this war1d'i11 ever get a much better, for it cam frae the hert o' honest fouk."

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