Also his honour the
Duke will accept ane of our Dunlop cheeses, and it sall be
my faut if a better was ever yearned in Lowden."--[Here
follow some observations respecting the breed of cattle, and
the produce of the dairy, which it is our intention to
forward to the Board of Agriculture.]--"Nevertheless, these
are but matters of the after-harvest, in respect of the
great good which Providence hath gifted us with--and, in
especial, poor Effie's life. And oh, my dear father, since
it hath pleased God to be merciful to her, let her not want
your free pardon, whilk will make her meet to be ane vessel
of grace, and also a comfort to your ain graie hairs. Dear
Father, will ye let the Laird ken that we have had friends
strangely raised up to us, and that the talent whilk he lent
me will be thankfully repaid. I hae some of it to the fore;
and the rest of it is not knotted up in ane purse or napkin,
but in ane wee bit paper, as is the fashion heir, whilk I am
assured is gude for the siller.
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