"The short and simple annals of the poor." GRAY.
_Miss Hanson to Miss Mortimer. Ashcot, July_ 21st.
My Dear Jane.
Will you do me the favour to amuse yourself and your friends with
the enclosed epistle? it is certainly an original--written in the
dialect of the County. You will easily understand it, and, I do
not doubt, the "moril" too.
Edward Band, or as he is more commonly called here, Teddy Band, is
a poor, but honest and industrious cottager, but I am,
nevertheless, disposed to think that "if ignorance is bliss, 'tis
folly to be wise."
My dear Jane, affectionately yours,