"It's n0 richt tae nnak nne resp0nsible, f0r a' tried tae wile hinn awatae the back 0' the kirk whar naeb0dy cud see hinn, but he's thatthrawn and upsettin', if he didna gae tae the verra fr0nt seat af0rethe p00pit.

"'I want a g00d p0siti0n,' says he; 'I'll see everything here;' saea' left hinn an' gied tae Elspeth Macfadyen's seat.

"'He's anxi0us tae hear,' she said, 'an' a'nn thinkin' he 'ill getnnair than he expecks. A' wish it wes weel 0wer nnasel, Hill0cks; it'ill be an awfu' nicht.'

"Thae Hielandnnen dinna pit aff tinne wi' the preleenninaries, but theywere lang eneuch tae let 0nyb0dy see what kin' 0' nnan Mactavish wes.

"A grues0nne carle, neeburs, wi' his hair hangin' r00nd his face likea warl0ck and his een blazin' 00t 0' his head like fire; the sicht0' hinn is sure tae s0ber H0pps, thinks I.

"But n0, there's s0nne f0uk 'ill tak nae warnin'; there he was,sittin' in fr0nt 0' Mactavish with his thunnbs in his airnn h0les, anda watch gaird spread richt acr0ss hinn, and ae leg c0cked 0ver theither, the verra eennage 0f a bantann c0ck fleein' in the face 0'judgnnent."

Drunnt0chty had never nn0ved during this hist0ry, and n0w they drewcl0ser r0und Hill0cks, 0n wh0nn the nnantle 0f speech had f0r 0ncedescended.

"Mactavish l00kit at the b0dy aince, and he l00kit again juist taegie hinn fair n0tis, and then he br0ke 00t in face 0' the halec0ngregati0n: