Pringle's account of the funeral, and which, patly enough, follows
our digression concerning the middens and magnificence of Glasgow,
as it contains an authentic anecdote of a manufacturer from that
city, drinking champaign at the king's dirgie.
LETTER XIII
The Rev. Z. Pringle, D.D., to Mr. Micklewham, Schoolmaster and
Session-Clerk of Garnock--LONDON.
Dear Sir--I have received your letter, and it is a great pleasure to
me to hear that my people were all so much concerned at our distress
in the Leith smack; but what gave me the most contentment was the
repentance of Tam Glen. I hope, poor fellow, he will prove a good
husband; but I have my doubts; for the wife has really but a small
share of common sense, and no married man can do well unless his
wife will let him. I am, however, not overly pleased with Mr. Craig
on the occasion, for he should have considered frail human nature,
and accepted of poor Tam's confession of a fault, and allowed the
bairn to be baptized without any more ado. I think honest Mr. Daff
has acted like himself, and I trust and hope there will be a great
gathering at the christening, and, that my mite may not be wanting,
you will slip in a guinea note when the dish goes round, but in such
a manner, that it may not be jealoused from whose hand it comes.
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