His lairdship smiled pleasantly, and tauld me to fetch it after him up to his chamber.

I followed my laird up-stairs to his ain room, where his lairdship's valet, Mr.Kerr, was waiting on him.

His lairdship wrote a braw note of acknowledgements to my maister, and gie it me to take away.

My laird also gie me a half-sovereign, for mysel'.

I dinna tak' the note just then to my maister.