"'_Glenfernie_--_Ian Rullock!_'" "What does he mean by the leaf not dead ?" "That was a figure of speech used between us in regard to a certain thing....

Well, he also has moods! It is my trust that he has not answered to some one's piping that the leaf's not dead! That is the likeliest thing--that he answered and has gone.

I'll ride to Black Hill to-morrow." The sun set, twilight passed, candles were lighted.
"Have you seen any from White Farm ?" "I walked there from Littlefarm with Robin Greenlaw.

Jarvis Barrow was reading Leviticus, looking like a listener in the Plain of Sinai.

They expected Gilian home from Aberdeen.