As old Simon said, his wife knew no rival in the art of preparing hotchpotch.

It was the same with the "cockyleeky," a cock stewed with leeks, which merited high praise.
The whole was washed down with excellent ale, obtained from the best brewery in Edinburgh.
But the principal dish consisted of a "haggis," the national pudding, made of meat and barley meal.

This remarkable dish, which inspired the poet Burns with one of his best odes, shared the fate of all the good things in this world--it passed away like a dream.
Madge received the sincere compliments of her guest.

The dinner ended with cheese and oatcake, accompanied by a few small glasses of "usquebaugh," capital whisky, five and twenty years old--just Harry's age.

The repast lasted a good hour.