"That's richt, and what aboot Isaac's wife?"
"Isaac mairrit Rebecca, and they hed twa sons, Jacob and Esau," and the girl takes a shy glance at the honest elder, and begins to feel at home.
"Domsie wesna far wrang, a' see, but it's no possible ye cud tell us the names o' Jacob's sons; it's maybe no fair tae ask sic a teuch question," knowing all the while that this was a test case of Domsie's.
When Jessie reached Benjamin, Burnbrae could not contain himself.
"It's nae use trying to stick Jessie wi' the Bible, neeburs; we 'ill see what she can dae wi' the Carritches (Catechism). Yir no the lassie that said the questions frae beginning tae end wi' twa mistaks, are ye?"
Yes, she was, and dared him to come on, for Jessie has forgotten the minister and all the Session.
"The elders wud like tae hear 'What is the Lord's Supper?'"
"That's it; and, Jessie, ma woman, gie's the 'worthy receiving.'"
Jessie achieves another triumph, and is now ready for anything.
"Ye hae the Word weel stored in yir mind, lassie, and ye maun keep it in yir life, and dinna forget that Christ's a gude Maister."