I hae heard things anent Robert Leslie that I dinna approve of; far from it." "Hae ye _seen_ anything wrong ?" "I canna say I hae." "Trust to your eyes, deacon; they believe themselves, and your ears believe other people; ye ken which is best.

His father was a decent body." "Ay, ay; but Alexander Leslie was different from his son Robert.

He was a canny, cautious man, who could ding for his ain side, and who always stood by the kirk.

Robert left Dr.Morrison's soon after his father died.

The doctor was too narrow for Robert Leslie.