midnight
I telt him yir sympathies was braid , but ye didna pick oot the lassies for it a ' . I was at Wullie Lee 's the nicht Wullie dee 'd ; an ' I was fair scunnert at the elders . There was twa o ' them , an ' they prayed turn aboot . `` When Wullie slippit awa , at midnight his twa dochters , Kirsty an ' Ann , took on redeek ` lus , an ' the auld wumman was waur . But the twa elders sat an oor , comfortin ' the twa lassies , ane to ilka ane , an ' baith o ' them no ' bad to luik at . They comfortit them muckle the same as I comfortit Betsy when we did oor coortin ' , but the puir auld buddy was left her lane wi ' naebody to comfort her ava . I did it masel ' a wee while .