"Aye, and it would be a good thing if Scottish men had a little more of that kindly way," she said, and that was the first time in all my life that I had heard her answer him back.
-- Oui, il serait bon que les maris écossais eussent quelque peu de ses manières prévenantes, dit-elle. C'était la première fois de ma vie que je l'entendis riposter à mon père.