"Chae Strachan was a right good friend," he told her, touching his name for a second. "He'd been everywhere. He was a socialist, his daughter's going to be a doctor," he told her, frowning a little. "We did come to a wee bit disagreement when he signed up, but I mind the last time I saw him, up at his farm, him all kitted out in his kilt, and- aye, he said that there were fools enough in the fighting as it was, and we shook hands," he went on.