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| | The Story of Leith - XVIII. The Rise of Newhaven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | During this long period James took the deepest interest in every detail of her construction, and was therefore a frequent visitor to Newhaven, where his kindly consideration and attractive manner, as in Leith, Soon won for him the devoted and affectionate loyalty of the whole population. |
 | | On such occasions, there being no inn at this time in Newhaven, he "disjonit" (French déjeuner—to breakfast) at the house of one of his French shipwrights, whose wife was seemingly known to local fame as a cook skilled beyond her neighbours. |
 | | are connected with the nameless little Newhaven girl to whose identity we have no clue whatever, for the king never speaks of her except as "the little lass." Children, unless they are of royal blood, do not figure largely in State documents, and are not often met with in local history. |
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