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I suppose by this time you are half a Grandfather – a young one by the way. – –
I have heard great things of M
rs
. Lockhart’s personal & mental charms – and much good of her Lord; –
that you may live to
see as many novel Scotts as there are Scot’s novels is the very bad pun
<&> {but} sincere wish
of y
rs
. ever
most affect
y
,
Byron. –
P.S.
Why don’t you take a turn in Italy? you would find yourself as well=known and as welcome as in
the Highlands among the natives. – As for the English you would be with them as in London – – and I
need not add, that I would be delighted to see you again – which is far more than I shall ever feel or say
for England or
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(with a few exceptions “of kith, kin, and allies”)
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any thing that it contains. – – But my “heart warms
to the Tartan”
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or to any thing of Scotland which reminds {me} of Aberdeen and {other}
parts not so far from the Highlands {as that town} about Invercauld & Braemar where I was sent to
drink goat’s Fey
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in 1795-6 [Ms. tear] threatened decline after the sc[Ms. tear: “arlet fever”?] – but I
am gossiping a[Ms. tear: “nd so”] Good night – and the gods be with your dreams!
Pray present my respects to Lady Scott, who may, perhaps, recollect having seen me in town in 1815.
[swirl signature]
I see {that} one of your supporters (for, like Sir Hildebrand, I am fond of Gwillim,)
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is a Mermaid – it
is my Crest too, and with precisely the same curl of tail. – – There’s concatenation for you! – I am
building a little cutter at Genoa to go a cruising in the summer – I know you like the sea too. – – – –
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