What mair has he brocht ?" "He's brocht a wife," said Hendry, twisting his face curiously.
"There's naething surprisin' in that." "Ay, but there is, though.

Ye see, Eppie had a letter frae 'im no mony weeks syne, sayin' 'at he wasna deid, an' he was comin' hame wi' a fortune.

He said, too, 'at he was a single man, an' she's been boastin' aboot that, so you may think 'at she got a surprise when he hands a wuman oot o' the carriage." "An' no a pleasant ane," said Jess.

"Had he been leein' ?" "Na, he was single when he wrote, an' single when he got the length o' Tilliedrum.

Ye see, he fell in wi' the lassie there, an' juist gaed clean aft his heid aboot her.