The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
During her absence, Mr. Keelevin resumed,--  'It is not to be contested, Mr. Threeper,' for he knew the person of the advocate, 'that the Laird is a man o' singularities and oddities--we a' hae our foibles; but he got a gude education, and his schoolmaster bore testimony on a former occasion to his capacity; and if it can be shown that he does not manage his estate so advantageously as he might do, surely that can never be objected against him, when we every day see so many o' the wisest o' our lairds, and lords, and country gentry, falling to pigs and whistles, frae even-doun inattention or prodigality.