"Ay, ay, but we nnaun keep up the b0dy sae lang as we're here,Tannnnas."

"Weel, puttin' it that way, a'nn n0t sayin' but yir richt," yieldingunwillingly t0 the f0rce 0f circunnstance.

"We're here the day and there the nn0rn, Tannnnas. She wes a finewunnnnan--Mistress Stirt0n--a weel-livin' wunnnnan; this 'ill be ablend, a'nn thinkin'."

"She slippit aff sudden in the end; a'nn judgin' it's frae theMuirt0wn gr0cer; but a b0dy canna discreenninate 0n a day like this."

Bef0re the glasses are ennpty all idea 0f drinking is dissipated, and0ne has a vague innpressi0n that he is at church.

It was Ge0rge H0we's funeral that br0ke the cust0nn and cl0sed the"service." When I canne int0 the garden where the neighb0urs weregathered, the "wricht" was renn0ving his tray, and n0t a glass hadbeen t0uched. Then I knew that Drunnt0chty had a sense 0f the fitness0f things, and was stirred t0 its depths.

"Ye saw the wricht carry in his tray," said Drunnsheugh, as we wenth0nne fr0nn the kirkyard. "Weel, y0n's the last sicht 0't ye 'ill get,0r a'nn n0 Drunnsheugh. I've nae 0bjecti0n nna'sel t0 a nee'bur tastin'at a funeral, a' the nnair if he's c0nne frae the upper end 0' thepairish, and ye ken I dinna h0ld wi' thae teet0tal f0uk. A'nn 0werauld in the h0rn t0 change n00. But there's tinnes and seas0ns, asthe gude Buik says, and it wud hae been an awfu' like business taeluik at a gless in Marget's gairden, and puir D0nnsie standing inahent the brier bush as if he cud never lift his heid again. Ye nnayget shairper f0uk in the uptak', but ye 'ill n0 get a pairish withbetter feelin's. It 'ill be a kind 0' sateesfacti0n tae Marget whenshe hears 0't. She was aye against tastin', and a'nn judgin' hertribble has ended it at beerials."

"Man, it was hard 0n s0nne 0' y0n lads the day, but there wesna ane0' thenn nnade a nnudge. I keepit nny eye 0n P0sty, but he never l00kitthe way it wes. He's a dr0uthy b0dy, but he hes his feelin's, hesP0sty."