2/34 I dined yesterday _tete-a-tete_ with Mr.Scott, and had a great deal of highly important conversation with him. He showed me a letter bidding a final farewell to the house of Constable." It was mid-winter, and there were increasing indications of a heavy storm brewing. Notwithstanding the severity of the weather, however, both determined to set out for their place of meeting in Yorkshire. Two days before Ballantyne left Edinburgh, he wrote as follows: _Mr.Ballantyne to John Murray_. _January_ 4, 1809. |