Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Life and Letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, Vol. 2 of 3: From 1751 to 1806, When His Public Life in Europe Was Closed by His Appointment to the Vice-Royalty of India
A slight delay was caused in his journey to town by a collision with a runaway couple to Gretna, who had carried off all the horses. The lady is a fortune, and pays all the post-boys largely herself, so she is not carried off by force, though she looks a miserable little creature.'
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