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Y father was the younger son of a gentleman of fortune in the north of Scotland, but having married without his consent, was forced to take refuge in a small farm-house at a little distance, and there wait the result of his inclination; but my mother, being far adyanced in her pregnancy, foreseeing the distress she would be reduced to if she was delivered there, went, unknown to her husband, to the house of my grandfather, fell on her knees at his feet, and implored his forgiveness: neither her tears nor the danger that threatened her had any effect; for, after a slight apology, he left the room, without giving any consolation. My mother’s Rh