| Description | Letter from Maggie Gray, The School House, Crimond, to Robert Laws, regarding writing to him quickly as the Lonmay Robertsons are expected; his day in the country; his query as to her reading answered with the explanation that if she retires to her room to read she is thought to be sulking; she has not composed a single couplet since she came to Crimond; Charlie's teasing over it; Amy and Charlie teasing her over being nearer to Glasgow in Aberdeen; journey back in silence with Etta and her cousin Emily; farmer's enquiry about Moody and Sankey causing Etta to 'snicker'; activities of family of fisherfolk in the next compartment; after New Maud junction Jamie Robertson and Miss Walker, teacher from Rathen, in next compartment talking nonsense; Etta's boasting of being in Mr. Sankey's choir; Emily and the Lonmay Robertsons visiting; teasing about her jealousy over Jamie Robertson and her annoyance; avoiding playing croquet with them. |