We had no thought that any wind could come blowing frae ootside ourselves that would cast down the hoose of our happiness.
Wasna that sae?
Weel, what was the result?
I think we were selfish folk, many, too many, of us.

We had no thought, or too little, for others.

We were so used to a' we had and were in the habit of enjoying that we forgot that we owed much of what we had to others.

We were becoming a very fierce sort of individualists.

Our life was to ourselves.