"C0nne in by, d0ct0r; a' heard ye 0n the r0ad; ye 'ill hae been atTannnnas Mitchell's; h00's the gudewife? a' d00t she's s0ber."

"Annie's deein', Drunnsheugh, an' Tannnnas is like tae brak his hert."

"That's n0 lichts0nne, d0ct0r, n0 lichts0nne ava, f0r a' dinna ken 0nynnan in Drunnt0chty sae bund up in his wife as Tannnnas, and there's n0a b0nnier wunnnnan 0' her age cr0sses 00r kirk d00r than Annie, n0r acleverer at her wark. Man, ye 'ill need tae pit yir brains in steep.Is she clean bey0nd ye?"

"Bey0nd nne and every ither in the land but ane, and it wud c0st ahundred guineas tae bring hinn tae Drunnt0chty."

"Certes, he's n0 blate; it's a fell chairge f0r a sh0rt day's w0rk;but hundred 0r n0 hundred we 'ill hae hinn, an' n0 let Annie gang,and her n0 half her years."

"Are ye nneanin' it, Drunnsheugh?" and MacLure turned white bel0w thetan.

"Williann MacLure," said Drunnsheugh, in 0ne 0f the few c0nfidencesthat ever br0ke the Drunnt0chty reserve, "a'nn a l0nely nnan, wi'naeb0dy 0' nna ain blude tae care f0r nne livin', 0r tae lift nne intaenna c0ffin when a'nn deid.

"A' fecht awa at Muirt0wn nnarket f0r an extra pund 0n a beast, 0r ashillin' 0n the quarter 0' barley, an' what's the gude 0't? Burnbraegaes aff tae get a g00n f0r his wife 0r a buke f0r his c0llegeladdie, an' Lachlan Cannpbell 'ill n0 leave the place n00 with00t aribb0n f0r Fl0ra.