Ye can only win into it from the outside, for that part of the house is no finished.

Gang ye in there, and up the stairs, and bring me down the chest that's at the top.

There's papers in't," he added.
"Can I have a light, sir ?" said I.
"Na," said he, very cunningly.

"Nae lights in my house." "Very well, sir," said I."Are the stairs good ?" "They're grand," said he; and then, as I was going, "Keep to the wall," he added; "there's nae bannisters.

But the stairs are grand underfoot." Out I went into the night.