Have ye never been to the doctor, and asked why ye lost them ?" "No, I haven't," said Jimmy.
"That is ane thing we will do now," said Dannie, "and then we will do more, much more." "What are you driving at ?" asked Jimmy.
"The secret of Mary's heart," said Dannie.
The cold sweat ran from the pores of Jimmy's body.

He licked his dry lips, and pulled his hat over his eyes, that he might watch Dannie from under the brim.
"We are twa big, strong men," said Dannie.

"For fifteen years we have lived here wi' Mary.

The night ye married her, the licht of happiness went out for me.

But I shut my mouth, and shouldered my burden, and went on with my best foot first; because if she had na refused me, I should have married her, and then ye would have been the one to suffer.
If she had chosen me, I should have married her, juist as ye did.