“Sophy is not here.”
“She has no reason to be afraid of me.”
“I should think not.”
“Go and tell her to come to me then.”
“She is not in my house. I wish she was.”
“She is in your house.”
“Do you dare to call me a liar? Man alive! Do it again, and every fisher-wife in Pittendurie will help me to give you your fairings.”
“Tush!! Let me see my wife.”
“Take yourself off my doorstep, or it will be the worse for you.”
“Let me see my wife.”