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Well, there's ane thing I'd be glad to hear o' frae your new doctor, an' that is no' to be gliffed by thunner an' lightin'. I was verra nigh struck by a flash when I was a bairn oot fishin' for troots an' I canna get the better o't. ''Tis a lang way off, replied the Minister, rising and looking out o' window; 'weel, it's bedtime, I'm thinkin'. Ye mun juist have a night-cap before retiring.
I couldna just cae him a tourist. He's vary keen on the fishin' and was up here for it last year as well. He has his ain boat and is aye on the water trailin' aefter the salmon." "A great many sporting foreigners come to our island nowadays," Gimblet remarked. "Does he get many fish?" "Oh, it's a grand place for salmon," said the inn-keeper with obvious pride. "And there's troots tac.
It was a curious fact in natural history that on the lochs with boats the trout were in the shallow water, but in the boatless lochs they were away out in the depths. "Juist the total depraivity o' troots," said Sandy, "an' terrible fateegin'." Sandy had an aversion to commit himself to definite statements on any subject not theological.
"Please let him say whatever he likes. My awkwardness deserves it all," said Ralph, with becoming meekness. "I think you had better go home now," said Winsome; "it will soon be time for you to bring the kye home." "Hae ye aneuch troots for the mistress's denner?" said Andra, who knew very well how many there were.
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