Ay, I dinna ken what would hae happened if the commotion had gaen on muckle langer.

One thing I'm sure o' is 'at the mistress would hae gaen daft, she took it a' sae terrible to heart.
"I lauch at it noo, but I tell ye I used to tak my heart to my bed in my mooth.

If ye hinna heard the story I dinna think ye 'll be able to guess what the ghost cradle was." I said I had been trying to think what the tray had to do with it.
"It had everything to do wi't," said Jess; "an' if the masons had kent hoo that cradle was rockit, I think they would hae killed the mester.
It was Eppie 'at found oot, an' she telt naebody but me, though mony a ane kens noo.

I see ye canna mak it oot yet, so I'll tell ye what the cradle was.

The tray was keepit against the kitchen wall near the mester, an' he played on't wi' his foot.