in the wing.




JOURNAL KEPT DURING A VISIT TO B---- HOUSE




JOURNAL KEPT DURING A VISIT TO B---- HOUSE


_February 3rd, Wednesday._--Constance Moore and I arrived from
Edinburgh, with Mac., the maid, a little after 10 P.M., having
sent on beforehand the following servants:--Robinson and Mrs.
Robinson, butler and cook; Carter and Hannah, two housemaids.

I had engaged them on behalf of Colonel Taylor in Edinburgh last
evening. They had all good characters, and were well
recommended. We told them nothing, of course, of the reputation
of the house, and were careful to choose persons of mature age,
and not excitable girls.

I had seen no plans nor photographs of the house, and merely
desired that any rooms should be prepared for us that were near
together--_i.e._ bedroom, dressing-room, and maid's room. Mr.
C---- [who met us in Edinburgh, and is a lawyer, mentioned
hereafter], who had seen plans, asked what orders we had given,
and remarked that, as far as he knew, we should secure one quiet