Letter.1

From Anne Mylne, the sister of Robert Mylne, to a friend :-
"My brother's marriage is not a joyous event as you imagine, he has unfortunately joined with a family that is the aversion of Mama and all our friends, the young Lady is pretty though not a Beauty - a great share of vivacity and sharp judgment, her father is a surgeon to a regiment had 7 children and only his pay to support them - So that neither their education nor Appearances, though Both were greatly above their Circumstances could be striking - I cannot tell you what surprise and uneasiness this affair has Cost us all - my Brother naturally haughty made all the world amaze, as he must undoubtedly support the whole family through time ... a family whose pride, poverty and Show render them Contemptible to all that know them - you will think me severe - But they behaved very badly to me. By endeavouring to make a Coolness Between us, and they do well succeeded."