ABSTRACT
“‘And ye hae the tae half of the population employed and maintained in a sort of fashion, but I wad be glad to ken what the other five hundred are to do?’ ‘In the name of God!’ said I, ‘what do they do, Mr. Jarvie? It makes me shudder to think of their situation.’ ‘Sir,’ replied the Bailie, ‘ye wad maybe shudder mair if ye were living near hand them.‘”—Rob Roy.
