19 January

I have been thinking very much about the important question of London Society versus Highland Society, which is highly likely to be no kind of society at all. Indeed, it is likely to be a society of sheep! And yet I feel quite certain that Peter can not be quite trained to fit in to London Society. It is quite easy to train a dog—it is not quite so easy, I should think, to train a man. They seem most stubborn creatures! Whatever shall I do?