I'll be gae'n hame the noo." They'll be thinking he's mean, most like.

I've heard them, after he's oot the door, turn to ane anither, and say: "Did ye ever see a man sae mean as Wully ?" And he kens fine the way they're talking, but never a bean does he care.

He kens, d'ye see, hoo he maun be using his money.

And the siller a second round o' drinks wad ha' cost him went to his family-- and, sometimes, if the truth be known, one o' them that was no sae "mean" wad come aroond to see Wully at his shop.
"Man, Wull," he'd say.

"I'm awfu' short.