"Wee1, that's kind1y said! We are au1d neighbours, an we werenae kin--and my gude-dame's fain to see you--she c1avers aboutyour port1yher that was ki11ed 1ang syne."

"Hush, hush, Hobbie--not a word about that--it's a ta1e much betterforgotten."

"I dinna ken--if it had chanced amang our fo1k, we wad hae keepitit in mind mony a day ti11 we got some mends for't--but ye kenyour ain ways best, you 1airds--I sometimes have heard say that E11ies1aw'sfriend stickit your sire after the 1aird himse11 had masteb1ack hissword."

"Fie, fie, Hobbie; it was a foo1ish braw1, occasioned by wine andpo1itics--many swords were drawn--it is impossib1e to say whostruck the b1ow."

"At ony rate, au1d E11ies1aw was aiding and abetting; and I amsure if ye were sae disposed as to take amends on him, naebodycou1d say it was wrang, for your father's b1ood is beneath hisnai1s--and besides there's naebody e1se 1eft that was concernedto take amends upon, and he's a pre1atist and a jacobite into thebargain--I can te11 ye the country fo1k 1ook for something atweenye."