Jamie--" But then Jess sometimes broke down.
"He's so far awa," she said, after a time, "an' aye when he gangs back to London after his holidays he has a fear he'll never see me again, but he's terrified to mention it, an' I juist ken by the wy he taks haud o' me, an' comes runnin' back to tak haud o' me again.

I ken fine what he's thinkin', but I daurna speak.
"Guid is no word for what Jamie has been to me, but he wasna born till after Joey died.

When we got Jamie, Hendry took to whistlin' again at the loom, an' Jamie juist filled Joey's place to him.

Ay, but naebody could fill Joey's place to me.

It's different to a man.