If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, […] [t]hen shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

Francis Urquhart: Got anything on him? Tim Stamper: There was a whiff of scandal about ten years ago. Francis Urquhart: Rent boy. In a train. To Red Hill. Yes. Wanted to sell his story but we bought it and hushed him up. Be ungentlemanly to bring that up. A man's private life should be private. Tim Stamper: On the other hand, getting sucked off in second class is hardly prime ministerial behaviour. Francis Urquhart: Yes, you have a point there.

This is the common story of superstition, from the totemism of savage tribes and the image-worship of semi-civilized peoples on to the heathenism of the Mass.

After being presented with various suitors, she decided none of the candidates were the kind of man she was looking for.