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succeeded through the influence of my aunt, now 

 my mother-in-law a very agreeable, but bold, de- 

 termined person, who was always very kind and 

 sincerely attached to me. We were soon followed 

 by my cousin, Samuel Somerville and his wife. We 

 had only been a day or two in the little inn at 

 Lowood when he was taken ill of a fever, which de- 

 tained us there for more than a month. During his 

 illness he took a longing for currant jelly, and here 

 my cookery was needed ; I made some that was ex- 

 cellent, and I never can forget the astonishment ex- 

 pressed at my being able to be so useful. 



Somerville and I proceeded to London ; and 

 we managed to obtain a good position near Tem- 

 ple Bar to see the Emperor of Eussia, the King 

 of Prussia and his sons, Blucher, Platoff, the Het- 

 man of the Cossacks, &c,, &c., enter the City. There 

 was a brilliant illumination in the evening, and 

 great excitement. We often saw these noted persons 

 afterwards, but we did not stay long in London, as 

 my husband was appointed head of the Army Medi- 

 cal Department in Scotland, so we settled in Edin- 

 burgh. As he was allowed to have a secretary, he 

 made choice of Donald Finlayson, a young man of 

 great learning and merit, who was to act as tutor 

 to my son, Woronzow Greig, then attending the 

 High School, of which Mr. Pillans was master. Mr. 



