"Weel, I opened my een wide and he smiled doon at me, verra pleasant. And then he sat on the bed and we had a nice wee blether, uncle and nephew, foster-faither tae foster-son. He said how much he was enjoyin" my bein" there, him no havin" a son o" his ain and a" that. And how his family was a" so fond o" me, and a" that. And how he would hate tae think that there micht be ony advantage taken o" sic fine, innocent feelings as his daughter’s micht hae toward me, but how o" course he was sae pleased that he could trust me as he would his ain son." Jamie shrugged. "And a" the time he was talkin" and me lyin" there, he had his yin haun on his dirk, and the ither restin" on my balls. Sae I said aye, Uncle, and naw, Uncle, and when he left, I rolled myself up in the quilt and dreamed aboot pigs. And I didna kiss a lass again until I was sixteen, and went tae Leoch."