Look at us two here upon the sands.

Here am I, fair hotching to be off; here's you (for all that I ken) in two minds of it whether you'll no stop.

Do you think that I could do that, or would?
No me! Firstly, because I havenae got the courage and wouldnae daur; and secondly, because I am a man of so much penetration and would see ye damned first." "It's there ye're coming, is it ?" I cried.

"Ah, man Alan, you can wile your old wives, but you never can wile me." Remembrance of my temptation in the wood made me strong as iron.
"I have a tryst to keep," I continued.

"I am trysted with your cousin Charlie; I have passed my word." "Braw trysts that you'll can keep," said Alan.