“Then I think I can guess what the other form was like—Had it a bonnet on its head?”
“Not a bonnet certainly, but it had the shape o’ ane.”
“I weened as much—And was it a tall gigantic figure?”
“Na, na, sir; the very contrair o’ that.”
“Are you certain of that you say? Was it not taller than the apparition of the woman?”
“No half sae tall, sir.”
“Had it not some slight resemblance to your master, little as it was? Did that not strike you?”
“Na, na, it was naething like my master, nor nae yerdly creature that ever was seen; indeed it was nae creature ava.”
“What then do you suppose it was?”
“Lord kens!—A wraith, I hae little doubt. My een rins a’ wi’ water whan I think about it yet.”