"That's braw shooting," he said.

"I can't say I ever saw its equal." That night in the smoky cabin he talked freely for once.

"I never had a wife or bairn, and I lean on no man.

I can fend for myself, and cook my dinner, and mend my coat when it's wanting it.

When Bacon died I saw what was coming to this land, and I came here to await it.