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Ony ane o ' them withoot the ither stan 's like the ae factor o ' a multiplication , or ae wing upo ' a laverock -LRB- lark -RRB- . ' Towards the close of the week , he grew much feebler . Falconer scarcely left his room . He woke one midnight , and murmured as follows , with many pauses for breath and strength : ` Robert , my time 's near , I 'm thinkin ' ; for , wakin ' an ' sleepin ' , I 'm a bairn again . I can hardly believe whiles ` at my father hasna a grup o ' my han ' . A meenute ago I was traivellin ' throu a terrible driftin ' o ' snaw -- eh , hoo it whustled and sang ! and the cauld o ' ' t was stingin ' ; but my father had a grup o ' me , an ' I jist despised it , an ' was stampin ' ' t doon wi ' my wee bit feet , for I was like saven year auld or thereaboots .