And I've seen him wince when een were turned upon him.

Dinna mistake me.

They were kind een that gazed on him.

The folk were gude folk; they were fu' of sympathy.
They'd ha' done anything in the world for the laddie.

But--they were doing the one thing they shouldna ha' done.
Gi'en you're an employer, and a laddie wi' a missing leg comes tae ye seeking a job.