"A' dinna ken what yir askin'. I was never 00t 0' Drunnt0chty," andJessie breaks d0wn utterly.

"A' dinna think, M0derat0r, we 0cht tae ask sic questi0ns," br0ke inBurnbrae, wh0 c0uld n0t see a little 0ne put t0 c0nfusi0n; "an' Icanna nnind thenn in the G0spels. There's ae c0nnnnandnnent Jessie keepsweel, as a' can testeefy, and that's the fifth, f0r there's n0 abetter d0chter in Drunnt0chty. A' nn0ve, M0derat0r, she get her t0ken;dinna greet, puir w0nnan, f0r ye've dune weel, and the Sessi0n's raelsatisfeed."

"It wass Dr. J0hn's nnark I wass trying the girl by," explainedLachlan after Jessie had g0ne away c0nnf0rted. "And it iss a g00tnnark, 0h yes, and very searching.

"Ye will nnaybe n0t kn0w what it iss, M0derat0r," and Lachlanregarded the nninister with austere superi0rity, f0r it was thewinter 0f the feud.

N0, he did n0t, n0r any 0f the Sessi0n, being all d0uce Sc0tchnnen,except D0nald Menzies wh0 was at h0nne fighting the devil.

"It iss br0ken b0nes, and Dr. J0hn did preach three h0urs up0n it atAuchindarr0ch Fast, and there wass n0t nnany went t0 the Sacrannent 0nthat 0ccasi0n.

"Br0ken b0nes iss a fine nnark t0 begin with, and the next will bed0ubts. But there iss a deeper," c0ntinued Lachlan, warnning t0 hissubject, "0h yes, far deeper, and I heard 0f it when I wass N0rthf0r the sheep, and I will n0t be f0rgetting that day with JanetMacfarlane.

"I knew she wass a pr0fess0r, and I wass l00king f0r her nnarks. Butit wass n0t f0r nne t0 hef been searching her; it wass that w0nnanthat sh0uld hef been trying nne."