I was aware that the room was speckless; but for all that, Leeby was turning it upside down.
"She's aye ta'en like that," Hendry said to me, referring to his wife, "when she's expectin' company.

Ay, it's a peety she canna tak things cannier." "Tibbie Mealmaker must be some one of importance ?" I asked.
"Ou, she's naething by the ord'nar'; but ye see she was mairit to a Tilliedrum man no lang syne, an' they're said to hae a michty grand establishment.

Ay, they've a wardrobe spleet new; an' what think ye Tibbie wears ilka day ?" I shook my head.
"It was Chirsty Miller 'at put it through the toon," Henry continued.
"Chirsty was in Tilliedrum last Teisday or Wednesday, an' Tibbie gae her a cup o' tea.

Ay, weel, Tibbie telt Chirsty 'at she wears hose ilka day." "Wears hose ?" "Ay.

It's some michty grand kind o' stockin'.