shortacres

Updated: May 18, 2025

He had been long in the family, had enjoyed legacies, and lain by a something of his own, upon which he now enjoys ease with dignity, in as far as his newly-married wife, Tibbie Shortacres, will permit him. The Lodging dearest reader, if you are tired, pray pass over the next four or five pages was not by any means so large as its external appearance led people to conjecture.

Sir Walter Scott - Chronicles of the Canongate