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'May it please your lordship and Bailie McSweem, the prisoner being present we will now proceed. He went on to explain that the prisoner was a member of one of those political associations that were plotting to subvert the government of the country, even thinking they could organize a revolution and drive his majesty from the throne.
I overheard Bailie McSweem say, 'I know him, he's a perfect devil to fight; better have nothing to do with him, and the Sheriff's remark, 'He has got a legal catch to work on. When the Sheriff went back to his seat, h is lordship said curtly, 'The accused is discharged, and he and McSweem hurriedly left.
'O, this is you McSweem, to whom I have sold many a box of soap and tea when you wore an apron and kept a grocer's shop. Set you up and push you forward, indeed. You have got a bit of an estate with your wife's money and call yourself a laird!
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