“And that same servant, gaun oot, fand ane oʼ his fellow‐servants wha was awn him a hunner pennies; and he laid haud oʼ him, and grippit him by the hauss, cryin, ‘Pay me what ye are awn!’
“And on the morn, takin oot twa siller‐pennies, he gae them to the guidman, sayin, ‘Tak tent oʼ him weel! and whatna mair ye ware on him, whan I come back Iʼse pay ye.’
And I heard a voice iʼ the mids oʼ the fowr leevin‐anes, sayin, “Twa gowpens oʼ wheat for a hauf‐merk, and a forpet oʼ barley for a hauf‐merk; and the oyle and the wine ye are‐na to skaith!”