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Their Graces the Lord High Commissioner and the Marchioness of Heatherdale will arrive to-day at Holyrood Palace, there to reside during the sittings of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and to-morrow the Royal Standard will be hoisted at Edinburgh Castle from reveille to retreat. His Grace will hold a levee at eleven.
This humble habitation was situated in a small nook or vale of the moor called Heatherdale. A little fresh-water spring ran through it, coming in at the higher end of the valley, and going out through a natural cleft in a block of granite at the other end.
'The Purse-Bearer is commanded by the Lord High Commissioner and the Marchioness of Heatherdale to invite Miss Hamilton to a Garden Party at the Palace of Holyrood House, on the 27th of May. 'The General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland admits Miss Hamilton to any gallery on any day. 'The Marchioness of Heatherdale is At Home on the 26th of May from a quarter-past nine in the evening.
"Ou ay," responded that good woman, as she spread the counterpane over the pillows in the way I particularly dislike, "ou ay, but whiles I think it's a peety he couldna be guidit!" We were to make our bow to the Lord High Commissioner and the Marchioness of Heatherdale in the evening, and we were in a state of republican excitement at 22 Breadalbane Terrace.
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