She didna say 'chich,' so she 's no English born, and she didna say 'churrrch,' so she 's been oot o' Scotland.

It wes half and between, and so a' said it wud be pleasant for her tae be in her ain country again, aifter livin' in the sooth." Her hearers indicated that Elspeth had not fallen beneath herself, and began to wonder how a woman who had lived in London would fit into Drumtochty.
"What div ye think she said tae me ?" Then Drumtochty understood that there had been an incident, and that Elspeth as a conversationalist, if not as a raconteur, had found her equal.
"'You are very kind to think of my movements, but'"-- and here Mrs.
Macfadyen spoke very slowly--"'I'm afraid they don't teach home geography at your school.

Paisley is not out of Scotland.'" "Ye've met yir match, Elspeth," said Jamie, with a hoarse chuckle, and the situation was apparent to all.

It was evident that the new housekeeper was minded to hide her past, and the choice of her last residence was a stroke of diabolical genius.

Paisley is an ancient town inhabited by a virtuous and industrious people, who used to make shawls and now spin thread, and the atmosphere is so literary that it is believed every tenth man is a poet.