1。SLIP3。DaviewouldbeATTRACTEDintoasimilardialect，asheislater-e。g。，withDoig，chapterXIX。ThisistrulyScottish。
4，TOLIGHTLY；correct；’tolightly’isagoodregularScotsverb。
15。SeeAllanRamsay’sworks。
15，16。Ay，andthatisoneofthepigmentswithwhichIamtryingtodrawthecharacterofPrestongrange。’Tisamostcuriousthingtorenderthatkind，insignificantmask。Tomakeanythingpreciseistoriskmyeffect。Andtillthedayhedied，DAVIEwasneversureofwhatP。wasafter。Notonlyso；veryoftenP。didn’tknowhimself。TherewasanelementofmerelikingforDavie；therewasanelementofbeingdetermined，incaseofaccidents，tokeepwellwithhim。HehopedhisBarbarawouldbringhimtoherfeet，besides，andmakehimmanageable。ThatwaswhyhesenthimtoHopeParkwiththem。ButDaviecannotKNOW；IgiveyoutheinsideofDavie，andmymethodcondemnsmetogiveonlytheoutsidebothofPrestongrangeandhispolicy-
I’llgivemymindtothetechnicalities。Yettometheyseemapartofthestory，whichishistorical，afterall-