rd Morven's place, an' they ca' 't Castel
Graham: the faimily-name 's Graham, ye ken. They ca, themsel's
Graeme-Graham--jist twa w'ys o' spellin' the name putten thegither.
The last lord, no upo' the main brainch, they tell me, spelled his name
wi' the diphthong, an' wasna willin' to gie't up a'thegither--sae tuik
the twa o' them. You 's whaur yoong Eppy 's at service.--An' that
min's me, sir, ye haena tellt me yet what kin' o' a place ye wad hae
yersel.' It's no 'at a puir body like me can help, but it's aye weel
to lat fowk ken what ye're efter. A word gangs speirin' lang efter
it's oot o' sicht--an' the answer may come frae far. The Lord whiles
brings aboot things i' the maist oonlikly fashion."

"I'm ready for onything I'm fit to do," said Donal; "but I hae had
what's ca'd a good education--though I hae learned mair frae my ain
needs than frae a' my buiks; sae i wad raither till the human than the
earthly soil, takin' mair interest i' the schoolmaister's craps than i'
the fairmer's."

"Wad ye objec' to maister ane by himsel'--or maybe twa?"

"Na, surely--gien I saw mysel' fit."

"Eppy mentiont last nicht 'at there was word aboot the castel o' a
tutor for the yoongest. Hae ye ony w'y o' approachin' the place?"

"Not till the minister comes home," answered Donal. "I have a letter to
him."

"He'll be back by the middle o' the week, I hear them say."

"Can you tell me anything about the people at the castle?" asked Donal.

"I could," answered Andrew; "but some things is better f'un' oot nor
kenned 'afore han'. Ilka place has its ain shape, an' maist things has
to hae some parin' to gar them fit. That's what I tell yoong
Eppy--mony 's the time!"

Here came a pause, and when Andrew spoke again, it seemed on a new line.

"Did it ever occur to ye, sir," he said, "'at maybe deith micht be the
first waukin' to some fowk?"

"It has occurrt to me," answered Donal; "but mony things come intil a
body's heid 'at he's no able to think oot! They maun lie an' bide
their time."

"Lat nane o' the lovers o' law an' letter perswaud ye the Lord wadna
hae ye think--though nane but him 'at obeys can think wi' safety. We
maun do first the thing 'at we ken, an' syne we may think aboot the
thing 'at we dinna ken. I fancy 'at whiles the Lord wadna say a thing
jist no to stop fowk thinkin' aboot it. He was aye at gettin' them to
mak use o' the can'le o' the Lord. It's my belief the main obstacles to
the growth o' the ki