human
Ye're welcome hame again, laird.
gpt
Thank you, said the colonel; adding, after a pause,
human
I should surely know your face. Aren't you Nathan M'Culloch?
gpt
Ye're richt, 'deed, said Nathan,
human
You must be a good age, now, Nathan,
gpt
I'm no verra aul' yet, laird, was the reply;
human
I'm just turnt a hunner.
gpt
A hundred! says the colonel, musing;
human
It was my father lashed me, sir, said Nathan, blubbering again;
gpt
Your father! said the colonel;
human
Leevin! ay, replied Nathan;
gpt
I ken that the day tae my sorrow.
human
Where is he? says the colonel.
gpt
What an age he must be! I would like to see him.
human
Oh, he's up in the barn there, says Nathan;