I s' gang and get my lessons for the morn.' 'It's time, laddie.

Ye hae been jabberin' ower muckle.

Tell Betty to come and tak' awa' the tay-things.' Robert went to the kitchen, got a couple of hot potatoes and a candle, and carried them up-stairs to Shargar, who was fast asleep.

But the moment the light shone upon his face, he started up, with his eyes, if not his senses, wide awake.
'It wasna me, mither! I tell ye it wasna me!' And he covered his head with both arms, as if to defend it from a shower of blows.
'Haud yer tongue, Shargar.

It's me.' But before Shargar could come to his senses, the light of the candle falling upon the blue coat made the buttons flash confused suspicions into his mind.
'Mither, mither,' he said, 'ye hae gane ower far this time.