A CONSEQUENTIAL Scotch laird riding on the footpath of the high road
between Edinburgh and Dalkeith, met a respectable farmer-looking man on
foot, whom he insolently ordered to get out of the way. The other
answered,
"I am in the proper way, while you very improperly ride on the
footpath."
"Do you know, Sir, to whom you are talking?"
"Not I, indeed."
"I am Mr. ----, of ----."
"Very likely."
"And I am one of the trustees for this road."
"Then you are a very bad trustee, thus to misuse the foot-way, and
interrupt passengers."
"You are an impudent scoundrel, and I have a great mind to have you laid
by the heels. What is your name, fellow?"
"_Henry, Duke of Montague._"