Jean: Yes, Mrs. Fergus. Come in and sit down.
Mrs. Fergus (sitting): A fine, thrifty evening.
Jean: The season’s very prosperous.
Mrs. Fergus: I hope you find it so.
Jean: We’ve much to be thankful for.
Mrs. Fergus: You’re a great one for fortitude, Mrs. Burns, I’ll say that.
Jean: I don’t know how that may be.
Mrs. Fergus: My husband says your farm isn’t showing as well as it might. Mr. Burns is busy elsewhere no doubt.
Jean: He’s been doing a bit of excise work. He’s going to take it up altogether. In Dumfries.
Mrs. Fergus: In Dumfries? But that makes company for him, I daresay.