Ye dinna want to _appear_ sae.

But do ye ken that I mak sae little by the spinnin' ye mak sae muckle o', that the kirk alloos me a shillin' i' the week to mak up wi'?
And gin it warna for kin' frien's, it's ill livin' I wad hae in dour weather like this.
Dinna ye imaigine, Mr Bruce, that I hae a pose o' my ain.

I hae naething ava, excep' sevenpence in a stockin'-fit.

And it wad hae to come aff o' my tay or something ither 'at I wad ill miss." "Weel, that may be a' verra true," rejoined Bruce; "but a body maun hae their ain for a' that.

Wadna the kirk gie ye the ither thrippence ?" "Do ye think I wad tak frae the kirk to pit into your till ?" "Weel, say saivenpence, than, and we'll be quits." "I tell ye what, Robert Bruce: raither nor pay ye one bawbee more nor the saxpence, I'll turn oot i' the snaw, and lat the Lord luik efter me." Robert Bruce went away, and did not purchase the cottage, which was in the market at a low price, He had intended Tibbie to believe, as she did, that he had already bought it; and if she had agreed to pay even the sevenpence, he would have gone from her to secure it.
On her way to Howglen, Annie pondered on the delight of Tibbie--Tibbie Dyster who had never seen the "human face divine"-- when she should see the face of Jesus Christ, most likely the first face she would see.
Then she turned to what Tibbie had said about knowing light from knowing the Saviour.