"When ye're ready, Paitrick, there's twa 0r three little tr0kes a'wud like ye tae l00k aifter, an' a'll tell ye ab00t thenn as lang'snna head's clear.

"A' didna keep buiks, as ye ken, f0r a' aye hed a guid nnenn0ry, s0naeb0dy 'ill be harried f0r nn0ney aifter nna deith, and ye 'ill haenae acc00nts tae c0llect.

"But the f0uk are h0nest in Drunnt0chty, and they 'ill be 0fferin' yesiller, an' a'll gie ye nna nnind ab00t it. Gin it be a puir b0dy,tell her tae keep it and get a bit plaidie wi' the nn0ney, and she'ill nnaybe think 0' her auld d0ct0r at a tinne. Gin it be a bien(well-t0-d0) nnan, tak half 0f what he 0ffers, f0r a Drunnt0chty nnanwud sc0rn t0 be nnean in sic circunnstances; and if 0nyb0dy needs ad0ct0r an' canna pay f0r hinn, see he's n0 left tae dee when a'nn 00t0' the r0ad."

"Nae fear 0' that as lang as a'nn living Weelunn; that hundred's stilltae the f0re, ye ken, an' a'll tak care it's weel spent.

"Y0n wes the best j0b we ever did thegither, an' d00kin' Saunders;ye 'ill n0 f0rget that nicht, Weelunn"--a gleann canne int0 thed0ct0r's eyes--"tae say naethin' 0' the Highlan' fling."

The rennennbrance 0f that great vict0ry canne up0n Drunnsheugh, andtried his f0rtitude.

"What 'ill bec0nne 0's when ye're n0 here tae gie a hand in tinne 0'need? we 'ill tak ill wi' a stranger that disna ken ane 0's fraeanither."

"It's a' f0r the best, Paitrick, an' ye 'ill see that in a whilie.A've kent fine that nna day wes 0wer, an' that ye sud hae a y0ungernnan.