Note 136 — THE HISTORY OF HAVEREL WIVES.
Reading edition
In an undated edition of the Haverel Wives, published by J. Morren, of the Cowgate, Edinburgh, the story is here brought to a close with the following lines:—
‘When Maggy and Janet had fairly done, With their clashes from their tongue They went and birl’d their baubees, They clash’d and told all downright lies. Now Janet and Maggy did agree, Never to drink one drop of tea But stout brown ale and wiskky bare, And they shook hands and came away.’
This ending, however, is hardly so consistent as the one given in the text.