`` but ... i m-mean '' -he stammered slightly and blushed even harder- '' with my da gone , and even when he 's home , we dinna see him shave himself always , and well , you 've just such a lot of hair on your face , uncle , after a whole month , and it 's only we 're so glad to see you again , and ... '' it dawned on jamie quite suddenly that to the boys he must seem a most romantic figure .