"Ay.  No wonder you be mazed, the mayor being such a terrible great man and all.  Some folks do rise quick in the world, to be sure.  ’Tis only a matter of two year since he came here, from no one knowed where, and ’a took up a big contrack with the camp for building huts, and running a canteen, I think they do call it, and I don’t know what all.  Ay sure, he’ve his fingers in many a pie, but I warrant they’ll get burnt, they will!"