Yir mother's bearin' her sorrow all alane in Ettrick and her laddie'll bear it ayont the ocean.

Geordie, yons our ain Barny, I ken by auld Helps motions; but wha she is that hes bringing wi him, is ayont my comprehension.

She followed the steps of the night, on its pathway of stars, far into the "wee sma' hours ayont the twal'."

“Ayont the hoose there,” replied Peter, who was crouching behind a tree-stump.