The Heart of Mid-Lothian Volume 1 Chapter 18

In which the steadfast Jeanie Deans encounters the perils and uncertainties of the night, narrowly escaping the clutches of unsavoury pursuers while her father wrestles with the stern dictates of conscience and religious scruple concerning the fate of their imprisoned daughter. Meanwhile, the city magistrates deliberate over turbulent affairs, and an old woman’s rough appeal sheds light on the darker undercurrents stirring within Edinburgh’s troubled streets.