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Nov: 3: 13

My dearest wee Mother

This is another soft bright day. Surely the weather of this country has taken a curious twist. Alice is almost all right though she still barks a little, but Mr John looks as if he were blowing up for a heavy cold. Harold Cox sent me last night some correspondence he had had with Maclean: Maclean declared I was not a Free trader, & H.C. gave him a proper setting-down. Maclean is like a sort of

half-witted dominie who gets hold of a phrase and mumbles it.

We dined with Mrs Grosvenor last night & met Lady Helmsley & Sibyl Grey & Walter Elliot. "Awfully like Mrs Wishart"[ST: *] is going into Punch - tell Nan. I hope Alastair is getting rid of his cold. 'Lord Ardwall' is out today. I wonder how people will like it.

I hope you are keeping well

Much love, wee body

Your affectionate son

John

[ST: * a Glasgow lady seeing Madame Pavlova remarked "awfully like Mrs Wishart" (another Glasgow friend)]