burglaries -

MARY. I know! -

LESLIE. Still, all of him that is not magistrate and official is
politician and citizen; and he has been striving his hardest to
undermine the Deacon's principles, and win the Deacon's vote and
interest.

MARY. They are worth having, are they not?

LESLIE. The Procurator seems to think that having them makes the
difference between winning and losing.

MARY. Did he say so? You may rely upon it that he knows. There
are not many in Edinburgh who can match with our Will.

LESLIE. There shall be as many as you please, and not one more.

MARY. How I should like to have heard you! What did uncle say?
Did he speak of the Town Council again? Did he tell Will what a
wonderful Bailie he would make? O why did you come away?

LESLIE. I could not pretend to listen any longer. The election
is months off yet; and if it were not - if it were tramping
upstairs this moment - drums, flags, cockades, guineas,
candidates, and all! - how should I care for it? What are Whig
and Tory to me?

MARY. O fie on you! It is for every man to concern himself in