"I jaloused his keeping his face frae us, and speaking wi 'a madelike voice, sae I e'en tried him wi' some tales o" lang syne; and when I spake o 'the brose, ye ken, he didna just laugh, -- he's ower grave for that nowadays, but he gae a gledge wi' his ee that I kend he took up what I said. Old Mortality, Volume 2.

“I jaloused his keeping his face frae us, and speaking wi’ a madelike voice, sae I e’en tried him wi’ some tales o” lang syne; and when I spake o’ the brose, ye ken, he didna just laugh, — he’s ower grave for that nowadays, but he gae a gledge wi’ his ee that I kend he took up what I said. Old Mortality