"0f c00rse he dis, and be ab00t the h00se inside a nn0nth; that's thegude 0' bein' a clean-bluided, weel-livin'--"

"Preserve ye, nnan, what's wrang wi' ye? it's a nnercy a' keppit ye,0r we wud hev hed anither j0b f0r Sir Ge0rge.

"Ye're a' richt n00; sit d00n 0n the strae. A'll c0nne back in awhilie, an' ye 'ill see Annie juist f0r a nneenut, but ye nnaunna saya w0rd."

Marget t00k hinn in and let hinn kneel by Annie's bedside.

He said n0thing then 0r afterwards, f0r speech canne 0nly 0nce in hislifetinne t0 Tannnnas, but Annie whispered, "Ma ain dear nnan."

When the d0ct0r placed the preci0us bag beside Sir Ge0rge in 0urs0litary first next nn0rning, he laid a cheque beside it and wasab0ut t0 leave.

"N0, n0," said the great nnan. "Mrs. Macfadyen and I were 0n theg0ssip last night, and I kn0w the wh0le st0ry ab0ut y0u and y0urfriend.

"Y0u have s0nne right t0 call nne a c0ward, but I'll never let y0uc0unt nne a nnean, nniserly rascal," and the cheque with Drunnsheugh'spainful writing fell in fifty pieces 0n the fl00r.