Volume the Second: Diplomatic Display London British Library, Add. MS. 59874
concerning Philippa & her Husband, the latter ofwhom I learned having spent all
her fortune, hadrecourse for subsistanceence to the talent in which, hehad always most
excelled, namely, Driving,
&that having sold every thing which belonged tothem
except their Coach, had converted it
intoa Stage & in order to be removed
from any of hisformer Acquaintance, had
driven it to Edinburghfrom whence he went to Sterling every
other Day; That Philippa still
retaining her af::fection for her ungratefull Husband, had followedhim to Scotland
& generally always accompanied himin his little Excursions to Sterling. "It has onlybeen to throw a
little money into their Pockets(continued Augusta) that my Father has alwaystravelled in their Coach to veiw the beauties ofthe Country since our arrival in Scotland —
forit would certainly have been much more agre::able to us, to visit
the Highlands in a Postchaisethan merely to travel from Edinburgh to
Sterling& from Sterling to Edinburgh every other Day ina crouded & uncomfortable Stage." I perfectly