... eesin' sae muckle freedom, here wis Sammy Fleemin frae SIkate-neuk, an auld neeper o' my aiu. Him an' me war at Balbaggardy thegither rnoay ai year an' day syne. A braw toon na'ar by Inverurie. Nyod, sihse, I can hardly lat ye gang athoot tellin' ye a bit ...

... no for Gospel kail. For every lad is nearly mad- At lowest, fairly crazed; An' Liz. hersel' (ye winna tell I), I Is a' thegither. dazed. I Ye've aft heard tell, as weel's mysel, O' vexin' love deliriumss.. Waur than the tae or usquebat eFor eazy-may ...

... fash yer head.*i Rob Duff or ony ither one. He's a good lad, and he'd gaun to mairry my dochter. An' gin they tak' walk thegither Boo and than, it's but naitr'l, an' no thing to be claverin' aboot. 1Wha's claverin' aboot it 7 said Peggy, in an indignant ...