I'd aye say yes, and, in a manner o' speaking, I had. Aweel, yon days canna come again! But it's gude to think upon them. And it's better to ha' had them than no, no matter what Tennyson sang once.
"A sorrow's crown of sorrow--to remember happier things." Was it no sae it went? I'm no thinking sae! I'm glad o' every memory I have of the boy that lies in France..