“Sae whan gloamin was come, the laird oʼ the vine‐yaird says to his grieve, ‘Caʼ the workers; and gie them their fee; beginnin frae the hinmaist doon to the first.’
“And he said to the neist ane, ‘Hoo muckle are ye awn to my lord?’ And he said, ‘A hunner bows oʼ wheat.’ He says to him ‘Tak yere accounts, and write auchty!’