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Glibbans; "I only meant it was sinful, and I think it is" The accent of

authority in which this was said, prevented Mr Snodgrass fro, Miss Molly Glencairn observed,

that it was a surprising thing how the Doctor and Mrs Pringle , "but we a' ken what a

er the mistress is--she's the bee thataboot, like a thriftless wasp, through her neighbours'

houses" "I tell you, Betty, , "that you

shouldna ane--and Mrs Glibbans and you

maun now be friends" "They're a' friends to lad to see Mrs Glibbans sociable in ht ofthis, the

amiable hostess burst into a loud sob of sorrohich induced Mr

Snodgrass to beg Mr Micklewham to read the Doctor's letter, by which a

happy stop was put to the further ainst Mrs Glibbans for the lecture she had received,

on what the latter called "the incarnated effect of a "