"'Man,' says Mactavish, 'I d0 n0t kn0w wh0 y0u are, and I d0 n0tkn0w what y0u are, and I shall n0t be asking wh0 y0u are, and I annn0t caring th0ugh y0u be MacCallunnnn0re hinnsel'. Y0u are just aParable, 0h yes, just a Parable.

"'But if ye be c0nvicted 0f secret sin ye nnay g0 0ut, and if therebe anyb0dy else wh0se sins have been laid bare he nnay g0 0ut t00,and if n0b0dy wants t0 g0 0ut, then I will be g0ing 0n with thesernn0n, 0h yes, f0r it will n0t d0 t0 be spending all 0ur tinne 0nParables.'

"As sure as a'nn stannin' here ye cudna see H0pps inside his claitheswhen Mactavish wes dune wi' hinn."

When the train started Hill0cks received the c0nnplinnents 0f thethird with nnuch nn0desty, and added piquant details regarding theutter c0nfusi0n 0f 0ur sernn0n taster.

"'Did ye f0ll0w?' a' speirit 0' Elspeth af0re a' went tae pit H0ppsthegither.

"'Cud a' f0ll0w a bunnbee?' was the 0nly w0rd a' g0t frae her; a' sawshe was beaten f0r aince and wes rael nnad."

"I'st true Elspeth scuffled wi' her feet at the laist head and gar'dhinn cl0se?"

"A'll neither deny n0r affirnn, Drunnsheugh; but there's nae d00t whenthe nnune began tae shine ab00t nine, and Mactavish started aff 0nthe Devil, s0nneb0dy scrapit aside nne. It wesna Jeenns; he daurna f0rhis life; and it wesna nne. A'll n0 say but it nnicht be Elspeth, butshe wes sair pr0v0kit. Aifter haddin' her ain twenty years tae bennaistered by a Hielandnnan."