| Description | Letter from Maggie Gray, The School House, Crimond, to Robert Laws, regarding her own short letter; the arrival of his journal; 'high caste' party at the manse for Mr. Campbell, the 'Queen's minister'; Maggie to look after Edith; letter to Amy; Mr. and Mrs. Robertson's return without Etta, he in bad mood and she sobbing; no clear cause for this; his bad-tempered criticism of her teaching methods; dealing with a boy with a cut lip; dealing with a girl vomiting during sewing class; dealing with a girl with a crochet hook embedded in her hand; extracting boys' teeth; usefulness of the plaster Robert gave her. Enclosed is note from Amy regarding Bella's visit to Constitution Street and apologising for bad writing. |