Let young MacDonald talk if he wants to.

If he says too much you can talk to his father.

As for Hyssop, he's an old grandmother anyhow.

I've never known him to be for a public improvement yet that was really good for Chicago unless Schryhart or Merrill or Arneel or someone else of that crowd wanted it.
I know them of old.

My advice is to go ahead and never mind them.