The Doctor has been minting to me that there is an address from
Irvine to the queen; and he, being so near a neighbour to your toun,
has been thinking to pay his respecs with it, to see her near at
hand. But I will say nothing; he may take his own way in matters of
gospel and spiritualety; yet I have my scroopols of conshence, how
this may not turn out a rebellyon against the king; and I would hav
him to sift and see who are at the address, before he pits his han
to it. For, if it's a radikol job, as I jealoos it is, what will
the Doctor then say? who is an orthodox man, as the world nose.
In the maitre of our dumesticks, no new axsident has cast up; but I
have seen such a wonder as could not have been forethocht. Having a
washin, I went down to see how the lassies were doing; but judge of
my feelings, when I saw them triomphing on the top of pattons,
standing upright before the boyns on chairs, rubbin the clothes to
juggins between their hands, above the sapples, with their gouns and
stays on, and round-cared mutches. What would you think of such a
miracle at the washing-house in the Goffields, or the Gallows-knows
of Irvine? The cook, howsomever, has shown me a way to make rice-
puddings without eggs, by putting in a bit of shoohet, which is as
good--and this you will tell Miss Nanny Eydent; likewise, that the
most fashionable way of boiling green pis, is to pit a blade of
spearmint in the pot, which gives a fine flavour.
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