nine in the morning
quoth Dalgetty . Here follow portions of the letter : I do not like the first story , `` The Black Dwarf , '' at all ; but the long one which occupies three volumes is a most remarkable production ... . I should like to know if you are of my opinion as to these new volumes coming from the same hand ... . I wander about from nine in the morning till five at night with a plaid about my shoulders and an immensely large bloodhound at my heels , and stick in sprigs which are to become trees when I shall have no eyes to look at them ... . I am truly glad that the Tales have amused you . In my poor opinion they are the best of the four sets , though perhaps I only think so on account of their opening ground less familiar to me than the manners of the Highlanders ... . If Tom -- -LSB- His brother , Mr. Thomas Scott . -RSB-