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Excerpt from The Ayrshire Legatees, or the Pringle Family In the course of the summer, Mr Henry Melcomb, who was a nephew to Mr Cayenne, came down from England to see his uncle. He had just completed his education at the college of Christ Church, in Oxford, and was the most perfect young gentleman that had ever been seen in this part of the country. In his appearance he was a very paragon, with a fine manly countenance, frank-hearted, blithe, and in many points of character very like my old friend the Lord Eaglesham, who was shot. In deed, in some respects, he was even above his lordship; for he had a great turn at ready wit, and could joke and banter in a most agreeable manner. He came very often to the manse to see me, and took great pleasure in my company, and really used a freedom that was so droll, I could scarcely keep my composity and decorum with him. Among others that shared in his attention was daft Meg Gafi'aw, whom he had forgathered with one day in coming to see me; and after conversing with her for some time he handed her, as she told me herself, over the kirk stile like a lady of high degree, and came with her to the manse door linking by the arm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.