| Description | Letter from Maggie Gray, The School House, Crimond, to Robert Laws, apologising for delay in her letter; meeting with a young handsome man, possibly Cumming of Rattray; Miss Boyd playing piano as tired of croquet; young man visits and is actually Mr.Murray; visit of Molly and James Robertson and a Miss Cadenhead from Aberdeen; James Robertson catches her alone and asks for a kiss, which is refused, though he takes it with good grace; Miss Annie Jane Boyd is only 12 but sings well; Miss Boyd stout but likeable; Etta likely to put a stop to this; reflections on St. Paul; approval of Dr. Irvine's sermon; hay-mowing; delay in her salary being paid as Mr. Robertson spent too much money in Aberdeen; comments on her verse (enclosed, dated 9 July 1874). |