But I hae a bonny business doun yonner, and it micht be better yet.

It's jist the land o' Goshen, only it wants a wheen mair tap-dressin'." "Tak it frae the bank, than, Robert." "The bank! said ye, Marget?
I canna do that." "And what for no ?" "'Cause I'm jist like the hens, Marget.

Gin they dinna see ae egg i' the nest, they hae no hert to lay anither.

I daurna meddle wi' the bank." "Weel, lat sit than; an' lay awa' at yer leisur'.

Hoo's the mistress ?" "No that weel, and no that ill.