The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
'It is but showing our respect to the memory of her that is gone,' said Dirdumwhamle, 'to see in what situation she has left her affairs--not that I have any particular interest in the business, but only, considering the near connection between her and my family, it is due to all the relations that the distribution which she has made of her property should be published among them.--It would have been a happy and a comfortable thing to every one who knew her worth had her days been prolonged; but, alas!