IF GLADSTONE HAD BEEN A SHEEP
There is not much anecdote in the book. This is one of Mr. Gladstone, who was a connection of John Buchan’s on his mother’s side. Mr. Gladstone, he says, when once at the Tweedside was taking a walk. A great storm was pending, and he noticed the sheep draw out from’the burnside to the barer hill. Mr. Gladstone said in his high manner to a shepherd leaning over the gate, "If I were a sheep, I would remain in the hollows," to which the shepherd replied, "Sir, if ye were a sheep, ye’d have mair sense." (Miss G. M. Glanville, reviewing John Buchan’s autobiography"Memory Hold the Door."-3YA, October 8).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 71, 1 November 1940, Page 7
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115IF GLADSTONE HAD BEEN A SHEEP New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 71, 1 November 1940, Page 7
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