I pretended that I had forgotten them.

"Do ye no mind? One day when I wasna attendin' to the lesson ye wrote

'Annie Miller is sacked' on a bit paper and gave it to me?"

"Ah, yes, I remember, Annie, now that you come to mention it. But I

can't remember your reply."

"Aw took another bit o' paper, and Aw wrote: 'Mr. Neill is sacked for

not making me attend.'"

"Yes, you besom, I remember now. I'll sack you!" and I rolled her over

in the grass.

"There was another letter, Annie," I said, "do you remember it?" and she

said "No!" so quickly that I knew she did remember it.

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