Youngster, that his Son was really about five yearsback, and that he has affected to appear fever¹since my remembrance. While our father is flut--tering about the Streets of London, gay, diſsipated,and Thoughtleſs at the age of 57, Matilda and Icontinue secluded from Mankind in our old andMoulderingCastle, which gis² situated atwo³ milesfrom Perth on a bold projecting Rock, and commandsan extensive veiw of the Town and its delightfulEnvirons. But tho'though retired from almost all theWorld, (for we visit no one but the M'[.]Leods, TheM'Kenzies, the M'Phersons, the M'Cartneys, the M'donalds,The M'kinnons, the M'lellans, the M'kays, theMacdufbeths⁴ and the Macduffs) we are neither dullnor unhappy; on the contrary there never were twomore lively, more agreable or more witty Girls, thanwe are; not an hour in the Day hangs heavy