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he is very much of a huntsman, but it is not fair to 

 judge after one day like this. Well, we returned to 

 the inn at Gallerata, and to our intense surprise found 

 ourselves famous, and we were overwhelmed with 

 complimenti, and the Master (Marchese della Terre) 

 besought us to allow him to mount us in future, and 

 so did another misguided man. It was altogether 

 too ludicrous for words. We returned by train and 

 all dined at Villa Leonini that evening. Next day 

 Marchese Durini came with his brake and four-in- 

 hand and took us a most heavenly drive right round 

 the big lake. He is quite a coachman, only in his pa- 

 thetic endeavours to be Inglese he keeps vociferating 

 ' Pull up ! ' the whole time. I grieved him terribly 

 by revealing the fact that London had furnished him 

 with an ordinary pair whip instead of four-in-hand 

 one. He is going to take us again soon I hope, and 

 we are going to have some rides together. He is 

 braver than my last coach-driver, but then this was 

 a much easier team. 



" Infinite love to the laird. 



" Ever yours affectionately, 



" Olive." 



Christmas 1894. — We were at Wiverton. On 

 4th January, 1895, we went to Doddington for three 

 days and returned to Wiverton. 



On the 15th went to Newton, Charlie having let 

 it to us for four months. It was hard frost and very 

 cold, and a most inconvenient house and very dark. 

 The stove would not burn, so we bought a laundry 



