all cunningly combined, the pattern wondrously wrought, the colours
delicately and exactly shaded, until, in the rich texture of the
finished tapestry, the figure of the woman as she lived stood
perfectly revealed.




Leading Dates In the Blandy Case.


1744.

22 May--Marriage of Cranstoun and Anne Murray.

1745.

19 February--Birth of their daughter.

1746.

August--Cranstoun meets Mary Blandy at Lord Mark Kerr's.

October--Mrs. Cranstoun takes proceedings in Commissary Court.

1747.

August--Second meeting of Cranstoun and Mary. Cranstoun visits the
Blandys and stays six months.