When a Scot Loves a Lady

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To Lucia Macro and Kimberly Whalen.

In the words of Scotland’s favorite son, May still your life from day to day Nae “lente largo” in the play, But “allegretto forte” gay Harmonious flow, A sweeping, kindling, bauld strathspey—

Encore! Bravo!

With my utmost gratitude.

A Brief Scots Glossary Compiled by Lady Kitty Savege, in the event that the gentle reader encounters a barbaric Scottish lord and requires assistance understanding him.

An—If, or And Baudrons—Cat ( Not to be mistaken for robbers) Daunder—Stroll ( Typically embarked upon with roguish intent) Dinna—Do not Full fair—Elegant, beautiful ( A lady may expect knavish flattery, and occasionally poetry.)

Glaik—Fool Hippin—Nappy Ken/Kent—Know/Knew Luve—Love ( In direct address, employed less blithely than a lady might imagine) Skellum—Rogue Wheen o’ blethers—Utter nonsense, foolishness Winna—Will not

London, 1813 A lady endowed with grace of person and elevation of mind ought not to stare. At two-and-twenty and already an exquisite in taste and refinement, she ought not to feel the pressing need to crane her neck so that she might see past a corpulent Louis XIV flirting with a buxom Cleopatra.

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