A younger sister represented Titania; and two or three subordinate elves were selected, among families attending the salutiferous fountain, who were easily persuaded to let their children figure in fine clothes at so juvenile an age, though they shook their head at Miss Digges and her pantaloons, and no less at the liberal display of Lady Binks's right leg, with which the Amazonian garb gratified the public of St.Ronan's.
Dr.Quackleben was applied to to play Wall, by the assistance of such a wooden horse, or screen, as clothes are usually dried upon; the old Attorney stood for Lion; and the other characters of Bottom's drama were easily found among the unnamed frequenters of the Spring.

Dressed rehearsals, and so forth, went merrily on--all voted there was a play fitted.
But even the Doctor's eloquence could not press Mrs.Blower into the scheme, although she was particularly wanted to represent Thisbe.
"Truth is," she replied, "I dinna greatly like stage-plays.

John Blower, honest man, as sailors are aye for some spree or another, wad take me ance to see ane Mrs.Siddons--I thought we should hae been crushed to death before we gat in--a' my things riven aff my back, forby the four lily-white shillings that it cost us--and then in came three frightsome carlines wi' besoms, and they wad bewitch a sailor's wife--I was lang eneugh there--and out I wad be, and out John Blower gat me, but wi' nae sma' fight and fend .-- My Lady Penelope Penfitter, and the great folk, may just take it as they like; but in my mind, Dr.Cacklehen, it's a mere blasphemy for folk to gar themselves look otherwise than their Maker made them; and then the changing the name which was given them at baptism, is, I think, an awful falling away from our vows; and though Thisby, which I take to be Greek for Tibbie, may be a very good name, yet Margaret was I christened, and Margaret will I die." "You mistake the matter entirely, my dear Mrs.Blower," said the Doctor; "there is nothing serious intended--a mere _placebo_--just a divertisement to cheer the spirits, and assist the effect of the waters--cheerfulness is a great promoter of health." "Dinna tell me o' health, Dr.Kittlepin!--Can it be for the puir body M'Durk's health to major about in the tartans like a tobacconist's sign in a frosty morning, wi' his poor wizzened houghs as blue as a blawort ?--weel I wot he is a humbling spectacle.

Or can it gie ony body health or pleasure either to see your ainsell, Doctor, ganging about wi' a claise screen tied to your back, covered wi' paper, and painted like a stane and lime wa' ?--I'll gang to see nane o' their vanities, Dr.
Kittlehen; and if there is nae other decent body to take care o' me, as I dinna like to sit a haill afternoon by mysell, I'll e'en gae doun to Mr.Sowerbrowst the maltster's--he is a pleasant, sensible man, and a sponsible man in the world, and his sister's a very decent woman." "Confound Sowerbrowst," thought the Doctor; "if I had guessed he was to come across me thus, he should not have got the better of his dyspepsy so early .-- My dear Mrs.Blower," he continued, but aloud, "it is a foolish affair enough, I must confess; but every person of style and fashion at the Well has settled to attend this exhibition; there has been nothing else talked of for this month through the whole country, and it will be a year before it is forgotten.

And I would have you consider how ill it will look, my dear Mrs.Blower, to stay away--nobody will believe you had a card--no, not though you were to hang it round your neck like a label round a vial of tincture, Mrs.Blower." "If ye thought _that_, Doctor Kickherben," said the widow, alarmed at the idea of losing caste, "I wad e'en gang to the show, like other folk; sinful and shameful if it be, let them that make the sin bear the shame.
But then I will put on nane of their Popish disguises--me that has lived in North Leith, baith wife and lass, for I shanna say how mony years, and has a character to keep up baith with saint and sinner .-- And then, wha's to take care of me, since you are gaun to make a lime-and-stane wa' of yoursell, Dr.Kickinben ?" "My dear Mrs.Blower, if such is your determination, I will not make a wall of myself.