ABSTRACT
Meanwhile the major and his lady were with the regiment, which had, after the peace, been ordered to North America. Peace being concluded they were now ordered home, to the great joy of Major and Mrs. Douglas, who had a longing desire to see their parents and child. They recounted and celebrated many a saying and action of Charles Douglas, which were such as might be expected from any sensible well-disposed child of four years old, / but to the amiable exaggeration of parental pre-possession, appeared unquestionable proofs of astonishing talents and goodness. Miss Nell constrained herself also to speak well of her nephew, except sometimes when overpowered by the deity who, as the poet sings, makes secrets more transparent than glass. The Colonel and his lady spent much of their time at Tay Bank and Loch Castle, and the rest at various towns in Scotland, in which the regiment was at different times quartered.
