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 new light having made his way into the parlour, to the astonishment of all to whom he was a stranger, and to the amazement of Etterick, accosted that gentleman; "Laird, I am come to bring you home, that we may settle our accounts together; I have taken every thing into consideration, and have determined how all matters are to be settled: but who are all these good people in the room?" On being introduced successively, he thought it incumbent on him to pay his best compliments. Addressing Miss Hamilton, our hero's sister, with an expression of mixed impudence, drollery, and folly, he looked in her face and said, "So you're cousin-german to my spouse Sukey: well, you are a sweet little angel; if I had you instead of her, I should not have looked abroad. Did you ever see your cousin, my dear?"—"Yes, sir."—"I don't suppose you think