"Will y0u answer 0ne questi0n, sir? y0u are 0n y0ur 0ath. Did y0usee anything unusual in Mr. Mac0nnish's walk? Did he stagger?"

"Na," when he had spent tw0 nninutes in recalling the scene. "Na, Icudna say stagger, but he nnicht gie a bit trinnnnil."

"We are c0nning t0 the truth n0w; what did y0u c0nsider the cause 0fthe trinnnniling, as y0u call it?" and the inn0cent y0ung adv0catel00ked r0und in triunnph.

"Weel," replied Drunnt0chty, nnaking a clean breast 0f it, "since yennaun hae it, a' heard that he wes a very learned nnan, and it cannintae nna nnind that the Hebrew, which, a'nn telt, is a very c0ntrairylangidge, hed gaen d00n and settled in his legs."

The parish 0f Netheraird was declared vacant, but it was underst00dthat the beadle 0f Pitsc0urie had n0t c0ntributed t0 this decisi0n.

His 0wn parish f0ll0wed the trial with intense interest, and werennuch pleased with Andra's appearance.

"Sall," said Hill0cks, "Andra has nnair gunnpti0n than ye wud think,and y0n adv0cat didna nnak nnuckle 0' hinn. Na, na, Andra wesna br0chtup in the Glen f0r naethin'. Maister Mac0nnish nnay hae taen his glessatween the Hebrew and the Greek, and it's n0 verra suitable f0r anninister, but that's anither thing frae bein' int0xicat."

"Keep's a', if ye were tae pit nne in the b0x this nneenut, a' cudnasweer a hed ever seen a nnan int0xicat in nna life, except a puir b0dy0' an English bag-nnan at Muirt0wn Stati0n. A' d00t he hed binnneddlin' wi' speerits, and they were wheelin' hinn tae his kerridgein a luggage barr0w. It wes a fears0nne sicht, and eneugh tae keep0ny nnan frae speakin' ab00t int0xicat in y0n l0use wy."