Often, when, having imagined he had solved some difficulty of faith or action, presently the same would return in a new shape, as if it had but taken the time necessary to change its garment, he would say to himself with a sigh, "The coo's no ower the mune yet!" and set himself afresh to the task of shaping a handle on the infinite small enough for a finite to lay hold of.

Grizzie, who was out looking for him, heard the roar of his laughter, and, guided by the sound, spied him where he lay.

He heard her footsteps, but never stirred till he saw her looking down upon him like a benevolent gnome that had found a friendless mortal asleep on ground of danger.
"Eh, Cosmo, laddie, ye'll get yer deid o' caul'!" she cried.

"An' preserve's a'! what set ye lauchin' in sic a fearsome fashion as yon?
Ye're surely no fey!" "Na, I'm no fey, Grizzie! Ye wad hae lauchen yersel' to see Jeames Gracie's coo wi' the mune atween the hin' an' the fore legs o' her.
It was terrible funny." "Hoots! I see naething to lauch at i' that.

The puir coo cudna help whaur the mune wad gang.