e afternoon sun;
for she is getting infirm now, and cannot stand up for long. With an
indulgent sigh she surveys the flying figure of the Right Honourable Sir
Robert Chalmers Fordyce, Privy Councillor and Secretary of State, as he
frantically endeavours to overtake and head off three staid ewes, who,
having strayed through the open gate, have just decided upon a walking
excursion to London.

"A good lad!" she murmurs contentedly. "A good lad, and a good son; and
dae'n' weel. But--he's no' just David. It was always David that had the
heid on him."

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