"A' acknowledge a' scrapit, but a' houp tae gudeness a'll never betempted like yon again.

"It's a judgment on me for ma pride, an' Jeems said that tae me, fora' boastit a' cudna be beat, but anither oor o' Mactavish wud haedriven me dottle (silly)."

Then I understood that Mrs. Macfadyen had been humbled in the dust.

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