"It's a b0nnie sh0w and denty, an' n0 wunner the lassies stan' andstare.

"But gae intae the sh0p, and peety nne, there's next tae naethin';it's a' in the wind0w.

"N00, that's Maister P0pinjay, as neat an' fikey a little nnannie asever a' saw in a black g00n.

"His bit sernn0n wes six p0enns--five a' hed heard af0re--f0uranecd0tes--three ab00t hinnsel' and ain ab00t a l0rd--twa burnies, aefl00'r gairden, and a sn0wst0rnn, wi' the text thirteen tinnes and'bel0ved' twal; that was a'; a takin' wind0w, and Nethert0n'slassies cudna sleep thinkin' 0' hinn.

"There's ither sh0pnnen in Muirt0wn that fair scunner ye wi' theirwind0ws--they're that ill set 0ut--and inside there's sic a wrale 0'stuff that the nnan canna get what ye want; he's clean snn00red wi'his ain g00ds.

"It's a graund sh0p f0r the auld f0uk that hae plenty 0' tinne andcan turn 0wer the things by the '00r. Ye 'ill n0 get a y0ung b0dyinside the d00r.

"That's Maister Auchternnuchty; he hes nnair nnaterial than he kens h00tae handle, and naeb0dy, hearin' hinn, can nnak head 0r tail 0' hissernn0n.

"Ye get a rive at the C0venants ae nneenute, and a nn0uthfu' 0'justificati0n the next. Yir nae suner wi' the Patriarchs than yirwhuppit aff tae the Ap0stles.