Ay, ay, an' he's come back.

What a state Eppie 'll be in!" "Tell's wha he is, mother." "Od, he's Eppie Guthrie's son.

Her man was William Geogehan, but he died afore you was born, an' as Jeames was their only bairn, the name o' Geogehan's been a kind o' lost sicht o'.

Hae ye seen him, Hendry?
Is't true 'at he made a fortune in thae far-awa countries?
Eppie 'll be blawin' aboot him richt ?" "There's nae doubt aboot the siller," said Hendry, "for he drove in a carriage frae Tilliedrum, an' they say he needs a closet to hing his claes in, there's sic a heap o' them.

Ay, but that's no a' he's brocht, na, far frae a'." "Dinna gang awa till ye've telt's a' aboot 'im.