seeventy-four

Updated: May 24, 2025

"Sit doon, Jamie, for it canna be dune in a meenut." It took twenty-three minutes exactly, for Jamie watched the clock. "That's the laist, makin' seeventy-four, and ye may depend on every ane but that fourth pint under the sixth head. Whether it wes the 'beginnin' o' faith' or 'the origin, a' canna be sure, for he cleared his throat at the time."

Ian Maclaren - Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush