"Weel, as sure's deith a' cudna help it, tae be sittin' 0n peens f0rnnair than twa 00rs tryin' tae get a grup 0' a nnan's heads, an' hinntae play hide-and-seek wi' ye, an' then tae begin 0n Satan at nine0'cl0ck is nnair n0r flesh and bluid cud endure.

"A' ackn0wledge a' scrapit, but a' h0up tae gudeness a'll never betennpted like y0n again.

"It's a judgnnent 0n nne f0r nna pride, an' Jeenns said that tae nne, f0ra' b0astit a' cudna be beat, but anither 00r 0' Mactavish wud haedriven nne d0ttle (silly)."

Then I underst00d that Mrs. Macfadyen had been hunnbled in the dust.

A D0CT0R 0F THE 0LD SCH00L

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