When Maria Edgeworth visited Sir Walter Scott* at Abbotsford, she proposed a visit to Melrose, quoting his famous lines: "If you would see Melrose aright, / Go visit it by the pale moonlight. " Scott at once assented, adding, "By all means let us go; I myself have never seen Melrose by moonlight."
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Sir Walter Scott, one day in spring, was walking round Abbotsford with Lady Scott. Passing a field where there were a number of ewes and frolicking lambs, Sir Walter said: "Ah, 'tis no wonder that poets, from the earliest ages, have made the lamb the emblem of peace and innocence." "Delightful animals indeed," rejoined Lady Scott, "especially with mint sauce."
瑪麗亞．埃奇沃思到阿伯茨福德訪沃爾特．司各脫爵士*，提議同往梅爾羅斯一遊，並引司各脫的名句說：「梅爾羅斯風景好，幽幽月下更堪憐。」司各脫欣然同意，還說：「好啊，我們去吧。我也沒有見過月下的梅爾羅斯。」
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有一天，沃爾特．司各脫爵士和夫人在阿伯茨福德散步。時值三春，他們經過田野，看見些母羊，還有些羔羊在嬉戲。司各脫爵士說：「怪不得自古以來，詩人都以羔羊象徵和平、純潔。」他夫人回答說：「不錯，羔羊的確惹人愛，特別是用薄荷醬烹煑。」
*埃奇沃思（1767-1849）是英國小說家，司各脫（1771-1832）則是小說家兼詩人。