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dead silence for ten minutes or a quarter, 

 ' I think, gentlemen, we may now 

 adjourn.' Ye see, Sir, the vera nicht 

 afore the meetin' a fearfu' sicht had been 

 seen aboot Peter's hoose, an' that, comin' 

 on the heels o' the warnin's frae the 

 north, was alarmin'." 



"What was the fearful sight, John?" 

 "I'd rayther no' say, Sir, if you'll 

 excuse me. It doesna' do to talk aboot sic 

 things. But I think I can safely tell ye 

 this, as Peter himself brags aboot it when 

 he's in guid humour. Peter's no' really 

 the servant o' the Club. Ye see whaur 

 he bides near twa mile frae the coorse. 

 That's because he says the garrets abune 

 the Club rooms dinna' suit his health. 

 He's vera often doon at the coorse, 

 especially if there's a guid match gaun' 

 on ; but as for keepin' the greens he 

 hardly ever does a haun's turn. Besides 

 a' this, at every quarterly meetin' there's 

 a letter frae him demandin' a rise o' wages ; 

 an' he aye gets it, for the reason I ha'e 

 made ye acquant wi' naebody daurs say 



