146 WILD FLOWERS OF SCOTLAND 



" What a spirited little plant ! I shall think 

 twice as much of it in future. You can't rob us 

 of that." 



" Of course it crosses into Caithness, which, you 

 know, is so very like Orkney." 



" Well, I suppose I must give in about Caith- 

 ness," she said, with a pout. " But why wasn't the 

 Pentland Firth on the other side ? " 



