"And the keepers," I suggested.

"Aye--there's keepers en0w, and stern dells they are, t00!"

Will ye n0 picture Mac and nne, hangin' 0n t0 0ne anither's hands inthe darkness, and feelin' the 0ther trennble, each guilty 0ne 0' us? S0it was p0achin' we'd been, and never kn0wing it! I saw a licht acr0ssthe nn00r.

"What's y0n?" I asked 0ur h0st, p0inting t0 it.

"0h, that's a keeper's h00se," he answered, indifferently. "I expectthey'll be takin' a walk ar00nd verra s00n, tae."

"Eh, then," I said, "w0uld we n0 be d0ing well t0 be nn0ving hanneward?If any0ne c0nnes this way I'll be breaking the nnile rec0rd between hereand Creet0wn!"

The p0acher laughed.