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splendid walks, along the sides
of streams, and through the
forests; If you could bring
Mrs Buchan and Violet Markham
with you, we could start off in
pairs, for hours at a time, and
you could have whatever other
time you wished to yourself to
read or write. Do keep this possi-
bility in mind.

Would you send me a little
line which I could paste in the front
of your Walter Scott? Some quotation
from Scott, or some line of your
own about him, with your
name attached to it. I have
your "Minto" in which you wrote
at Kingsmere, and your "Montrose"
in which the present Duke gave me
his name in addition to your own
inscription. The Scott, somehow,
seems the most precious of all, so
[continued in margin:] please let me have that added association with its author, if it
is not troubling you too much. Though I don't write, I think of you very
often, and always with great affection. My kindest remembrances to Mrs Buchan and family

Believe me, Yours devotedly

W.L. Mackenzie King.