"Did ye hear yon, Hillocks? hoo dae ye feel? A'll no deny a'mlifted"

Halfway to the Junction Hillocks had recovepurple, and began to graspthe situation.

"Tell's what he exclaimed. A' wud like to hae it exact for Drumsheugh."

"Thae's the eedentical words, an' they're true; there's no a man inDrumtochty disna ken that, except ane."

"An' wha's that, Jamie?"

"It's Weelum MacLure himsel. Man, a've occasionally girned that he sudfecht awa for us a', and perhaps dee before he kent that he hedgitheblack mair luve than ony man in the Glen.

"'A'm prood tae hae met ye', says Sir David, an' him the greatestdoctor in the land. 'Yir an honour tae oor profession.'