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In a letter of this date to his sister-in-law, Mrs. Thomas Scott, Sir Walter says: "Poor aunt Curle died like a Roman, or rather like one of the Sandy-Knowe bairns, the most stoical race I ever knew. She turned every one out of the room, and drew her last breath alone. So did my uncle, Captain Robert Scott, and several others of that family."
Curle, which takes place to-morrow at Kelso. She was a woman of the old Sandy-Knowe breed, with the strong sense, high principle, and indifferent temper which belonged to my father's family. She lived with great credit on a moderate income, and, I believe, gave away a great deal of it. January 9. Mathews the comedian and his son came to spend a day at Abbotsford.
With a view to curing this weakness he was sent to live with his paternal grandfather, at the farm house of Sandy-Knowe near Dryburgh Abbey, in the extreme south of Berwickshire. Here, in the country air, he became a sturdy boy, and his mind was stored with the old Broder tales and songs.
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