It sounded harmless, as he put it so, and we thocht, syne it was to be on the Sunday, it could no be so verra boisterous.

"If we're no verra careful, we'll gan faster than we like.

For me, I know weel, it means a lump rising in my throat, and a bit o' moisture that's verra suspicious near my een, so that I maun wink fast, sometimes, that no one else may understand.

I was verra tired; I'd been going aboot since the early morn, and when it had come supper time I'd been sae nervous I'd had no thought o' food, nor could I ha' eaten any, I do believe, had it been set before me. Weel, waitin' came to an end, and they called me on.