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Robert Chambers constituted himself the Hewitts' cicerone in Edinburgh, showing them every place of interest, and presenting them to every person of note, including Mrs. From Edinburgh they went to Glasgow, where they took ship for the Western Isles.
"Yes," explained his mother, hardening her heart, "little boys who run away from home like little dogs have to be treated like little dogs." "Oh, I'll be a little dog," replied Philip, entering agreeably into the idea, and backing up to be chained. "No, I'll be a big dog. I'll run around an' jerk my chain an' say 'Woof! Woof! like the Hewitts' setter. And Foxy 'n I'll have bones together!"
I felt thankful for the assurance thus gained of an invisible world, but resolved to neglect none of my common duties for spiritualism. Among the Hewitts' fellow-converts were Robert Chambers, Robert Owen, the Carter Halls and the Alaric Watts's; while Sir David Brewster and Lord Brougham were earnest inquirers into these forms of psychical phenomena.
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