I was turnt to stane, like,'at I didna believe I cud hae fa'en frae the cheir gien I had swarfed clean awa'.

An' eh but it tuik a time to open that door! But at last, as sure as ye sit there, you twa, an' no anither,--"-- At the word, Cosmo's heart came swelling up into his throat, but he dared not look round to assure himself that they were indeed two sitting there and not another--"in cam the auld captain, ae fit efter anither! Speir gien I was sure o' 'im! Didna I ken him as weel as my ain father--as weel's my ain minister--as weel as my ain man?
He cam in, I say, the auld captain himsel'-- an' eh, sic an evil luik!--the verra luik deith--frozen upo' the face o' the corp! The live bluid turned to dubs i' my inside.

He cam on an' on, but no straucht for whaur we sat, or I dinna think the sma' rizzon I had left wad hae bidden wi' me, but as gien he war haudin' for 's bed.

To tell God's trowth, for I daurna lee, for fear o' haein' to luik upo' 's like again, my auld auntie declaret efterhin 'at she saw naething.

She bude til hae been asleep, an' a mercifu' thing it was for her, puir body! but she didna live lang efter.