"The lad is altogether too laudable.

The letter is an insult, Tallisker.

I'll ne'er forgive him for it.

Oh, what a miserable father I am!" And the dominie was moved to tears at the sight of his old friend's bitter anguish.
Still he asserted that Colin had meant it to be a kind letter.
"Dinna tak want o' sense for want o' affection laird.

The lad is a conceited prig.