A CLOAK WITH BEADS On weekdays the women who passed the window were meagrely dressed; mothers in draggled winsey gowns, carrying infants that were armfuls of grandeur.

The Sabbath clothed every one in her best, and then the women went by with their hands spread out.

When I was with Hendry cloaks with beads were the fashion, and Jess sighed as she looked at them.

They were known in Thrums as the Eleven and a Bits (threepenny bits), that being their price at Kyowowy's in the square.

Kyowowy means finicky, and applied to the draper by general consent.