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I was jist fain to du something like wash the feet o' her. Whan I cam in that day the day efter ye broucht her hame, ye ken the luik of her puir, bonny, begrutten facy jist turnt my hert ower i' the mids o' me. I maist think, gien I hadna been able to du onything for her afore she gaed, I wud hae come hame here to my ain hoose like a deein sheep, and lain doon.
Jean, with her pretty face in that condition which the Scotch and Norwegian languages expressively call begrutten, could do nothing but sigh. Just then hurried steps were heard on the stair, and next moment a loud knocking shook the door. "Wha's that?" exclaimed Mrs. Black, rising. "It's me, mither. Open; quick!" Next moment Andrew sprang in and looked hastily round. "Am I the first, mither?"
She stood bravely beside her father, whose face was as begrutten as hers was serene, and those who put her through her catechism found to my mind but a good heart and tolerance where they sought treachery and rank heresy. They convicted her notwithstanding. "You have stood your trials badly, Jean MacVicar," said Master Gordon. "A backslider and malignant proven!
At this I leaped from my place, went over to his side and laid a hand on his bare shoulder, which was cold as stone. He uncovered his face and showed it me all swollen and begrutten like a child's; and at the sight my impatience partially revived. "Think shame to yourself," said I. "This is bairnly conduct. I might have been snivelling myself, if I had cared to swill my belly with wine.
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