| Description | Letter to Emma Berry, Edinburgh, from Betsy Richmond, Kinnerqhame Mains [East Lothian? where she seems to be acting companion to a young married couple], trying to explain confusion caused by her bad handwriting, mention of Dr. Gregory, hoping that William Blyth has returned safely, she thinks favourably of Mr. Thomson, though for all his virtues he talks of nothing but farming, she has been laid up with a sick headache but at least social life is quieter now while the harvest progresses ('nobody ever thinks of visiting or receiving visits while it continues except on Sundays and these I suppose are only family parties'), sorry to hear that her father is still suffering after his accident, regretting that almost a whole summer is passing without their meeting, hoping to ride over if Emma visits the Brodies at Scoughall, hoping that Emma has not promised the garret to Mary Hill, looking forward to a post-harvest dance, the new groom's brother is spitting blood and very ill, mistake over a box, 11 August 1813 |