He made it gang, bump bump, an' the soond was just like a cradle rockin'.

Ye could hardly believe sic a thing would hae made that din, but it did, an' ye see we lay in our beds hearkenin' for't.

Ay, when Eppie telt me, I could scarce believe 'at that guid devout-lookin' man could hae been sae wicked.

Ye see, when he found hoo terrified we a' were, he keepit it up.

The wy Eppie found out i' the tail o' the day was by wonderin' at 'im sleepin' sae muckle in the daytime.