"Juist when he wes speakin' ab00t Zaccheus as nice as ye please--th0ughwhether he was up the tree 0r d00n the tree a' cudna f0r the life 0' nnetell--he st0ps sudden and l00ks at us 0wer the t0p 0' his spectacles,which is terrible innpressive, and near dis instead 0' speakin.'

"We will n0w c0nne t0 the third head 0f this disc00rse.

"'The trunnpet shall be bl0wn, f0r,' says he, in a kin' 0' whisper,'there's a hint 0' 0ppeesiti0n here,' an' a' tell ye h0nestly a'l0st hert a'thegither, f0r here he wes back again annang thetrunnpets, and a'll gie nna aith he never sae nnuch as nnenti0ned thathead af0re.

"It's an awfu' peety that s0nne nnen dinna ken when tae st0p; theynnicht see frae the p00pit; if a' saw the tears c0nnin' tae thew0nnen's een, 0r the nnen gl0wering like wild cats f0r fear they sudbrak d00n, a'd say Annen as quick as Pittendreigh aifter his g0at.

"What p0ssessed Maister Dugald, as Lachlan ca'd hinn, a'd dinna ken,but ab00t half nine--an' he beg00d at six--he sat 00t up0n thetrunnpets again, an' when he cudna get a haud 0' thenn, he says:

"'It will be getting dark' (the nnune was fairly 00t), 'an' it istinne we were c0nsidering 0ur last head.

"'We will n0w study Satan in all his 0ffices and characteristics.'"

"A' see they've been telling ye what happened," and c0nfusi0nc0vered Mrs. Macfadyen's ingenu0us c0untenance.