Burns: If I could print some of my rhymes, and you and some like you, Mr. Hamilton, could get a little interest for me—

Hamilton: Good. Yes. Come to-morrow morning. We’ll talk of it. What was that factor fellow doing here?

Burns: Tam Laurie there.

Hamilton: O, it’s you.

Tam: I’m sorry to say it is, Mr. Hamilton.

Hamilton: Rent?

Tam: A week come Tuesday.

Hamilton: Yes. I think I might change his mind. Good-night, Robert.

Burns: Good-night, Mr. Hamilton.

The Landlord: I suppose, Mr. Hamilton (going to the slate), let me see, four shillings and a penny—