I canna feel greatly concernit ower the lad, sin' he's verra gude at carin' for himsel'.

"Ou, it's verra bonny, verra bonny; but oh, my lady, it's an awfu' way of spending the Sabbath."

I'm doubtfu' for ye, Ralph, I'm verra doubtfu'.

" "It's verra fine, but ye've a richt to it, lad, an' ye desarve it, an' it's a blessin' to all o' ye."

"By Georgethere's a man we've not seen!" said Munroe, suddenly, as we sat, verra glum and silent.

in the verra middle aiblins o' a paragraph, he grew transformed afore your verra face into something bestial,you heard a grunt that made ye grue, and there was an ill smell in the room, as frae a pluff o' sulphur.

"I doot there's somethin' in it; I'll stairt on my duties this verra minute.

The village people, shaking their heads over us and our probable end, used to say, "They're a' bad, but the lassie (meaning me) is the verra deil."