This manuscript is slightly scorched-when she offered to buy it from its previous owner, he refused to sell it to her, insisting she take it as gift, and he put it on the fire to force her to accept it.
This manuscript is slightly scorched-when she offered to buy it from its previous owner, Charles McIntosh of Inver, he refused to sell it to her, insisting she take it instead as a gift. When she demurred, he put it on the fire to force her to accept it.