第8章

“Itseemsthatyouhaveforgottenmeduringyourabsence，somuchthemorethatyouhadpromisedme，atsettingout，toletmeknowindetaileverythingfreshthatshouldhappen。Thehopeofreceivingyournewswasgivingmealmostasmuchdelightasyourreturncouldhavebroughtme：youhaveputitofflongerthanyoupromisedme。Asforme，althoughyoudonotwrite，Iplaymypartalways。IshalltakehimtoCraigmilleronMonday，andhewillspendthewholeofWednesdaythere。OnthatdayIshallgotoEdinburghtobebledthere，unlessyouarrangeotherwiseatleast。Heismorecheerfulthanusual，andheisbetterthanever。