A JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND
Mary,
one a certain knight named Campbell and one the queen’s jester. The latter I have drawn for you. There is another statue which is very peculiar, and concerning it the old custodian, evidently following the ancient ballads, stated that it represents a shrew; and because she was beyond endurance, the sheriff decided that all those affected should give her a public drubbing, and this is what the statue in question is supposed to represent. I differ from the opinion of the local authority, in so far as the statue seems to me far older than
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