twelve o'clock
Then when the women were served , the men helped themselves , and stood eating and talking with the merry , chattering groups for a pleasant half-hour , which gave to the last dances and songs even more than their early enthusiasm . Angus waited on Christine and Faith , and Faith 's admirer had quite a flush of vanity , in supposing himself to have cut the Master of Ballister out . He flattered himself thus , and Faith let him think so , and Christine shook her head , and called him `` plucky and gay , '' epithets young men never object to , especially if they know they are neither the one nor the other . At twelve o'clock Ruleson spoke to the musicians , and the violins dropped from the merry reel of `` Clydeside Lasses '' into the haunting melody of `` Caller Herrin ' , '' and old and young stood up to sing it . Margot started the `` cry '' in her clear , clarion-like voice ; but young and old joined in the imperishable song , in which the `` cry '' is vocalized : -LSB- Illustration : Music and Lyrics : Who 'll buy cal-ler her-rin ' ? They 're twa a pen-ny twa a pen-ny , Who 'll buy cal-ler her-rin ' ? They 're new come fra Loch fine .