“I canna do't, Sanders,” he said, “I canna do't.”
“Ye maun,” said Sanders.
“It's aisy to speak,” retorted Sam'l bitterly.
“We have a' oor troubles, Sam'l,” said Sanders soothingly, “an' every man maun bear his ain burdens. Johnny Davie's wife's dead, an' he's no repinin'.”
“Ay,” said Sam'l, “but a death's no a mairitch. We hae haen deaths in our family too.”
“It may a' be for the best,” added Sanders, “an' there wid be a michty talk i' the hale country-side gin ye didna ging to the minister like a man.”
“I maum hae langer to think o't,” said Sam'l.
“Bell's mairitch is the morn,” said Sanders decisively.
Sam'l glanced up with a wild look in his eyes.
“Sanders!” he cried.