All this was said without apparent emotion, without the least ostentation.
"Well," I said to myself, "in Scotland more than anywhere one must not judge people by their exterior."
CHAPTER XV.
Little Sketches of Family Life in Scotland.—The Scotchman of "John Bull and his Island."—Painful Explanations.—As a Father I love you, as a Customer I take you in.—A Good Investment.—Killing two Birds with one Stone.—A Young Man in a Hurry.
hat letters of recrimination I received on the subject of a certain Scotchman presented to the readers of John Bull and His Island! What downpours!
Some accused me of caricaturing, some of imposture. Others, with more delicacy, hinted that I should do better at novel writing than at impressions de voyage.
For a month my letter-box was besieged, and at each rat-tat of the postman I used to say to myself: "One more indignant Scotchman."
After all, what had I done to draw down such thunders?