"Weel, Jessie, we're awfu pleased tae think yer gaein' forrit, andthe Dominie wes tellin' me juist last month that ye did yir work atschule graund, and knew yir Bible frae end tae end.

"It'll no be easy to speir (ask) the like o' you questions, but yemind Abraham, Jessie."

"0u ay," and Jessie is all alert, although she is afraid to look up.

"What was the name o' his wife, noo?"

"Sarah, an' their son was Isaac."

"That's richt, and what aboot Isaac's wife?"

"Isaac mairrit Rebecca, and they hed twa sons, Jacob and Esau," andthe girl takes a shy glance at the honest elder, and begins to feelat home.