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I was pretty desperate, and I thought Isaw a way. Horses have a queer trick o
leavintheir mark on a body. Theres a lassie in Kirk Aller will take the heid
off me if Ikeep her waitin. Evidently Brumbys doings had got about, and there
were suspicionsof his sanity. My triumphant procession came to an end on the
Aller Green, wherethe show was to be held. Its ahard job an artistes, as old
McGowan observed. By this time I had got heartily sick of my adventures. I
blessed him, and asked to whom I was indebted for thishospitality. I dinna hold
wi lockin folksup because a pernicketty doctor says theyre no wise.
I lay
cogitating and baking in the sun for about two hours.
Now please be silent,for
I am ordered to be very still for an hour before tea. Igot into a third-class
carriage at the very end of it. Brown, he began solemnly,which I didna
altogether believe. At nine oclock I shallhave my window open, and if you enter
by it you can leave by thedoor. So didI, and I resolved to play the bold game.
Now ye tell me that yere a laird anda man o some poseetion, and I believe ye.
Yeve entered his sawnatoriumand gone through a the cantrips he provides, and
yeve made a gowko him. A gong sounded for luncheon, so I nipped up, and got
into Brumbysflannels. I saw an old, spectacled, whiskered face. I protested
again that he was mistaken, but I might as well haveappealed to a post.
I awoke
next morning to find myself alone in the caravan.
They tell me the Law winna
help me to recover a bet,so Ill just trust to my nieves.
So far I was safe, for
there wasnothing about the clothes I had left behind to identify me. He said he
had, forhe supposed it was a male coo-coo. But Im feeling really very fit, I
protested. I told thesister that I was very tired, and Grimpus took me upstairs
at eightoclock.
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