Suddenly Bailie Tulloch noticed that John was in his Sabbath-day clothes.

In itself this was not remarkable on a Saturday night.

Most of the people kept this evening as a kind of preparation for the Holy Day, and the best clothing and the festival meal were very general.

But just then it struck the bailies as worth inquiring about.
"Where are thy warking-claes, John--the uniform, I mean, o' that steamship company thou sails for--and why hast na them on thee ?" "I had a visit to mak, an' I put on my best to mak it in.

The ithers are i' my room." "Get them, Christine." Christine returned in a few minutes pale-faced and empty-handed.