GREENock, 8wh November, 1840. ... “Deed sir,” she said, “I'll no tell you a lee—I
never saw her—she cam to the cottage one day wi' the poet, and I'm ... We had a
very long chat with John and his wife—the latter much excelled her husband in
volubility of tongue, ... His good dame said, “Puir body, he couldna live without it.

GREENock, 8th November, 1840. ... never saw her—she cam to the cottage one
day wi' the poet, and I'm sorry to say I was in the toon that day, and ... We had a
very long chat with John and his wife—the latter much excelled her husband in
volubility of tongue, but ... His good dame said, “Puir body, he couldna live
without it.