THE EQUINOX
EEL. Meenister, it's verra terrible, what I wad say to ye.
The ’Hoor 0’ Babylon’s amang us.
[The 0/06/07 laughs.
DOSE. At it again, Eel?
Ha! Hal Ha
I
EEL. Ay,
sir, d'ye ken this is a muckle serious affair]
There‘s a French actress body in the village
I
In the Village
o' Houghmagandie!
DOSE, Ha! Ha! Ha!
Iwasjust going to tellyou about it,
Meek,
It’s a dear little Russian girl, a friend of my wife's.
She’s had a tremendous season in Paris—they went mad over
her—so we suggested her coming up here for a rest.
She
wouldn't stay with uswpoor child, she has to practise eight
hours a day I—so we got her the room over Awl’s, and she
comes to the Surgery for meals.
My wife‘s bringing her up
to the Manse to call on Monday.
ΜΕΕΚ. Oh! Oh!
There, Elder, you see it‘s all right!
EEL [aghast].
A’ richt
!
!
!-
a' v richtl
I
I
[ΜΕΕΚ mm’ DOSE mm’ andþasx Μ, [aug/ling.
BEL. He's fair witched‘
He’s the prey ο’ Satan I
The
meenister was laughing on the Sawbath
I
Oh, Lord
I
Lord]
An’ I’m left by my lanes to wrastle wi’ the de‘il
i’ petticoats
I
Witchcraft! fair witchcraft!
An' sorcery!
Whaur’s ony help
but in the A’mighty?
[He tti/22:021! a flat 76154/??]שבלשand
swallows a 6ng drum]
VVhaur, I say, is ony help but in the
A’mighty ?
[Re-ml” AWL, L., still smoking.
AWL. Hullo, Elder, an’ what’s the matter noo?
Hae ye
discovered the sin of Achan again?
BEL. Ah, well, ah, well!
Alack the day!
,
.
. Hae ye come
to torrment me, ye dirty little Atheist?
224.