At first he sang wildly, with occasional outbursts of causeless laughter.

Gradually an inarticulate melancholy succeeded; he wept gently at times; would stop in the middle of the road, say firmly 'No, no, no,' and then fall on his back: or else address me solemnly as 'M'lord' and fall on his face by way of variety.

I am afraid I was not always so gentle with the little pig as I might have been, but really the position was unbearable.

We made no headway at all, and I suppose we were scarce gotten a mile away from Cramond, when the whole _Senatus Academicus_ was heard hailing, and doubling the pace to overtake its.
Some of them were fairly presentable; and they were all Christian martyrs compared to Rowley; but they were in a frolicsome and rollicking humour that promised danger as we approached the town.

They sang songs, they ran races, they fenced with their walking-sticks and umbrellas; and, in spite of this violent exercise, the fun grew only the more extravagant with the miles they traversed.