136 WOODVILLE : ITS PETS AND ITS PUESTTrs. 



home. All our other pets are well, both the feathered, 

 and the bombazined and ginghamed. I dined one day, 

 a while ago, with Dr Greville ; but the family were still 

 at Lasswade. We had Dr Scott of Corstorphine. I 

 preached and presided, but Dr S. said grace : nobody 



returned thanks. Old is still alive, but not kicking. 



He rang his bell t'other morning, but had, very sensibly, 

 first bolted the door in the inside, which only made his 

 daughter wring her hands on the outside. At last, I 



believe, Dr crept in through the key whole, and 



found all as usual" 



