416 A PENSION TO BE ASKED FOR. CHAP. xxm. 



writing to his step-sister on the 7th November, said : 

 " I am not so sanguine on that point as Mr. Miller is ; 

 but I gave my consent to allow him to get a pension 

 little or muckle ; it will be a great matter to me." 



But it was too late. Before the Queen's mercy could 

 be appealed to, a pension was no longer needed. Dick's 

 spirit had left its frail tenement of clay. 



