he was not quite sure
whether he would "live to enjoy it." But by March he had not got into it
and working himself up into a fit state of indignation delivered himself
of the following letter to Thomas Paley, one of the Governors:

Sir,

I am very poorly with a cold I have taken by lying in a damp
bed, I thought last night I must have called somebody to my
assistance, I have with difficulty got thro' the fatigues of the
day.

Surely when Nicholson undertook the house, he had not permission
to defer the completing of it _ad libitum_. It was first thought
it would have been done six weeks before Christmas. Mr. N. has
now converted the house into a workshop for the convenience of
his people to carry on the repairs that are to be done to the
dog-kennel: in order to make it habitable for some of Mr.
Armistead's people: and the plasterer has also been absent for
the last two days, I suppose, employed by Mr. N. at Astick. If I
had any tolerable convenience it would be quite another thing;
but I have never had a comfortable place to lie down in since I
have been at Giggleswick, tho' I have been a slave to the
business of the School, and stood much in need of undisturbed
and comfortable rest. I am indeed sorry to trouble you so often,
but not only my happiness, but my life is at stake: and I would
rather leave Giggleswick immediately than go on so any longer.

I remain, Sir,
Yours etc.,
J. CARR.

Monday, P.M.

P.S.--Mr. Ingram could have done a little longer without a
scullery, as well as I can do (if I ever go to it) without a
garden wall and a necessary.

He did not stay many years longer but resigned in 1807. Ingram's house
was known as Craven Bank and in 1829 he added a stable at the cost of
L60. Howson also was having money spent upon his house. In 1817 he had a
new kitchen built at the cost of L100 and seven years later he received
L120 to repair his house, while his salary had already been increased L5
yearly to meet the cost of alterations and repairs.

The closing years of Rowland Ingram's time were not bearing the fruit
that the first decade had promised. But the School turned out at least
one good Scholar--John Saul Howson--a son of the Usher. Born in 1816 he
went up to Trinity