newand
unforseen
sources
of
power
and
vengeance
.
Where
it
came
from
,
how
it
was
obtained
,
who
prompted
the
thought
,
who
first
accomplished
it
,
were
alike
impossible
to
trace
;
but
as
it
were
in
a
moment
,
a
number
of
trusses
of
straw
were
piled
up
before
the
house
and
set
on
fire
,
the
gates
of
the
timber-yard
were
forced
,
and
a
quantity
of
scantlings
and
battens
soon
fed
the
flame
.
Everything
indeed
that
could
stimulate
the
fire
was
employed
;
and
every
one
was
occupied
in
the
service
.
They
ran
to
the
water
side
and
plundered
the
barges
,
and
threw
the
huge
blocks
of
coal
upon
the
enormous
bonfire
.
Men
,
women
,
and
children
were
alike
at
work
with
the
eagerness
and
energy
of
fiends
.
The
roof
of
the
house
caught
fire
:
the
dwelling
burned
rapidly
;
you
could
see
the
flames
like
the
tongues
of
wild
beasts
,
licking
the
bare
and
vanishing
walls
;
a
single
being
was
observed
amid
the
fiery
havoc
,
shrieking
and
desperate
he
clung
convulsively
to
a
huge
account
book
,
It
was
Master
Joseph
.
His
father
had
made
his
escape
from
the
back
of
the
premises
and
had
counselled
his
son
instantly
to
follow
him
,
but
Master
Joseph
wished
to
rescue
the
ledger
as
well
as
their
lives
,
and
the
delay
ruined
him
.
“
He
has
got
the
tommy
book
,
”
cried
Liza
Gray
.
The
glare
of
the
clear
flame
fell
for
a
moment
upon
his
countenance
of
agony
;
the
mob
gave
an
infernal
cheer
;
then
some
part
of
the
building
falling
in
,
there
rose
a
vast
cloud
of
smoke
and
rubbish
,
and
he
was
seen
no
more
.
CHAPTER
VIII
.
“
Life’s
a
tumbleabout
thing
of
ups
and
downs
,
”
said
Widow
Carey
stirring
her
tea
,
“
but
I
have
been
down
this
time
longer
than
I
can
ever
remember
.
”
“
Nor
ever
will
get
up
,
Widow
,
”
said
Julia
at
whose
lodgings
herself
and
several
of
Julia’s
friends
had
met
,
“
unless
we
have
the
Five
Points
.
”
“
I
will
never
marry
any
man
who
is
not
for
the
Five
Points
,
”
said
Caroline
.
“
I
should
be
ashamed
to
marry
any
one
who
had
not
the
suffrage
,
”
said
Harriet
.
“
He
is
no
better
than
a
slave
,
”
said
Julia
.
The
widow
shook
her
head
.
“
I
don’t
like
these
politics
,
”
said
the
good
woman
,
“
they
bayn’t
in
a
manner
business
for
our
sex
.
”
“
And
I
should
like
to
know
why
?
”
said
Julia
.
“
Ayn’t
we
as
much
concerned
in
the
cause
of
good
government
as
the
men
?
And
don’t
we
understand
as
much
about
it
?
I
am
sure
the
Dandy
never
does
anything
without
consulting
me
.
”
“
It’s
fine
news
for
a
summer
day
,
”
said
Caroline
,
“
to
say
we
can’t
understand
politics
with
a
Queen
on
the
throne
.
”
“
She
has
got
her
ministers
to
tell
her
what
to
do
,
”
said
Mrs
Carey
,
taking
a
pinch
of
snuff
.
“
Poor
innocent
young
creature
,
it
often
makes
my
heart
ache
to
think
how
she
is
beset
.
”
“
Over
the
left
,
”
said
Julia
.
“
If
the
ministers
try
to
come
into
her
bed-chamber
,
she
knows
how
to
turn
them
to
the
right
about
.
”
“
And
as
for
that
,
”
said
Harriet
,
“
why
are
we
not
to
interfere
with
politics
as
much
as
the
swell
ladies
in
London
?
”
“
Don’t
you
remember
,
too
,
at
the
last
election
here
,
”
said
Caroline
,
“
how
the
fine
ladies
from
the
Castle
came
and
canvassed
for
Colonel
Rosemary
?
”
“
Ah
!
”
said
Julia
,
“
I
must
say
I
wish
the
Colonel
had
beat
that
horrid
Muddlefist
.
If
we
can’t
have
our
own
man
,
I
am
all
for
the
Nobs
against
the
Middle
Class
.
”
“
We’ll
have
our
own
man
soon
,
I
expect
,
”
said
Harriet
.
“
If
the
people
don’t
work
,
how
are
the
aristocracy
to
pay
the
police
?
”
“
Only
think
!
”
said
Widow
Carey
shaking
her
head
.
“
Why
,
at
your
time
of
life
,
my
dears
,
we
never
even
heard
of
these
things
,
much
less
talked
of
them
.
”
“
I
should
think
you
didn’t
,
widow
,
and
because
why
?
”
said
Julia
;
“
because
there
was
no
march
of
mind
then
.
But
we
know
the
time
of
day
now
as
well
as
any
of
them
.
”
“
Lord
,
my
dear
,
”
said
Mrs
Carey
;
“
what’s
the
use
of
all
that
?
What
we
want
is
,
good
wages
and
plenty
to
do
;
and
as
for
the
rest
,
I
don’t
grudge
the
Queen
her
throne
,
nor
the
noblemen
and
gentlemen
their
good
things
.
Live
and
let
live
say
I
.
”
“
Why
,
you
are
a
regular
oligarch
,
widow
,
”
said
Harriet
.
“
Well
,
Miss
Harriet
,
”
replied
Mrs
Carey
,
a
little
nettled
;
“
‘tisn’t
calling
your
neighbours
names
that
settles
any
question
.
I’m
quite
sure
that
Julia
will
agree
to
that
,
and
Caroline
too
.
And
perhaps
I
might
call
you
something
if
I
chose
,
Miss
Harriet
;
I’ve
heard
things
said
before
this
,
that
I
should
blush
to
say
,
and
blush
to
hear
too
.
But
I
won’t
demean
myself
,
no
I
won’t
.
Holly-hock
,
indeed
!
Why
holly-hock
?
”
At
this
moment
entered
the
Dandy
and
Devilsdust
.
“
Well
young
ladies
,
”
said
the
Dandy
.
“
A-swelling
the
receipt
of
customs
by
the
consumption
of
Congo
!
That
won’t
do
,
Julia
;
it
won’t
,
indeed
.
Ask
Dusty
.
If
you
want
to
beat
the
enemy
,
you
must
knock
up
the
revenue
.
How
d’ye
do
,
widow
?
”
“
The
same
to
you
,
Dandy
Mick
.
We
is
deploring
the
evils
of
the
times
here
in
a
neighbourly
way
.
”
“
Oh
,
the
times
will
soon
mend
,
”
said
the
Dandy
gaily
.
“
Well
,
so
I
think
,
”
said
the
widow
;
“
for
when
things
are
at
the
worst
,
they
always
say
—
”
“
But
you
always
say
they
cannot
mend
,
Mick
,
”
said
Julia
interrupting
her
.
“
Why
in
a
sense
,
Julia
,
in
a
certain
sense
,
you
are
right
;
but
there
are
two
senses
to
everything
,
my
girl
,
”
and
Mick
began
singing
,
and
then
executed
a
hornpipe
to
the
gratification
of
Julia
and
her
guests
.
“
‘Tis
genteel
,
”
said
Mick
,
receiving
their
approbation
.
“
You
remember
it
at
the
Circus
?
”
“
I
wonder
when
we
shall
have
the
Circus
again
?
”
said
Caroline
.
“
Not
with
the
present
rate
of
wages
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
It’s
very
hard
,
”
said
Caroline
,
“
that
the
Middle
Class
are
always
dropping
our
wages
.
One
really
has
no
amusements
now
.
How
I
do
miss
the
Temple
!
”
“
We’ll
have
the
Temple
open
again
before
long
,
”
said
the
Dandy
.
“
That
will
be
sweet
,
”
exclaimed
Caroline
.
“
I
often
dream
of
that
foreign
nobleman
who
used
to
sing
,
‘Oh
,
no
,
we
never
!
’
”
“
Well
,
I
cannot
make
out
what
puts
you
in
such
spirits
,
Mick
,
”
said
Julia
.
“
You
told
me
only
this
morning
that
the
thing
was
up
,
and
that
we
should
soon
be
slaves
for
life
;
working
sixteen
hours
a
day
for
no
wages
,
and
living
on
oatmeal
porridge
and
potatoes
,
served
out
by
the
millocrats
like
a
regular
Bastile
.
”
“
But
,
as
Madam
Carey
says
,
when
things
are
at
the
worst
—
”
“
Oh
!
I
did
say
it
,
”
said
the
widow
,
“
surely
,
because
you
see
,
at
my
years
,
I
have
seen
so
many
ups
and
downs
,
though
I
always
say
—
”
“
Come
,
Dusty
,
”
said
Julia
,
“
you
are
more
silent
than
ever
.
You
won’t
take
a
dish
I
know
:
but
tell
us
the
news
,
for
I
am
sure
you
have
something
to
say
.
”
“
I
should
think
we
had
,
”
said
Dusty
.
Here
all
the
girls
began
talking
at
the
same
time
,
and
without
waiting
for
the
intelligence
,
favouring
one
another
with
their
guesses
of
its
import
.
“
I
am
sure
it’s
Shuffle
and
Screw
going
to
work
half
time
,
”
said
Harriet
.
“
I
always
said
so
.
”
“
It’s
something
to
put
down
the
people
,
”
said
Julia
:
“
I
suppose
the
Nobs
have
met
,
and
are
going
to
drop
wages
again
.
”
“
I
think
Dusty
is
going
to
be
married
,
”
said
Caroline
.
“
Not
at
this
rate
of
wages
I
should
hope
,
”
said
Mrs
Carey
,
getting
in
a
word
.
“
I
should
think
not
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
You
are
a
sensible
woman
,
Mrs
Carey
.
And
I
don’t
know
exactly
what
you
mean
,
Miss
Caroline
,
”
he
added
,
a
little
confused
.
For
Devilsdust
was
a
silent
admirer
of
Caroline
,
and
had
been
known
to
say
to
Mick
,
who
told
Julia
,
who
told
her
friend
,
that
if
he
ever
found
time
to
think
of
such
things
,
that
was
the
sort
of
girl
he
should
like
to
make
the
partner
of
his
life
.
“
But
Dusty
,
”
said
Julia
,
“
now
what
is
it
?
”
“
Why
,
I
thought
you
all
knew
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
Now
,
now
,
”
said
Julia
,
“
I
hate
suspense
.
I
like
news
to
go
round
like
a
fly-wheel
.
”
“
Well
,
”
said
Devilsdust
,
dryly
,
“
this
is
Saturday
,
young
women
,
and
Mrs
Carey
too
,
you
will
not
deny
that
.
”
“
I
should
think
not
,
”
said
Mrs
Carey
,
“
by
the
token
I
kept
a
stall
for
thirty
year
in
our
market
,
and
never
gave
it
up
till
this
summer
,
which
makes
me
always
think
that
,
though
I
have
seen
many
ups
and
downs
,
this
—
”
“
Well
,
what
has
Saturday
to
do
with
us
?
”
said
Caroline
;
“
for
neither
Dandy
Mick
nor
you
can
take
us
to
the
Temple
,
or
any
other
genteel
place
,
since
they
are
all
shut
from
the
Corn
Laws
,
or
some
other
cause
or
other
.
”
“
I
believe
it’s
the
machines
more
than
the
Corn
Laws
that
have
shut
up
the
Temple
,
”
said
Harriet
.
“
Machines
,
indeed
!
Fancy
preferring
a
piece
of
iron
or
wood
to
your
own
flesh
and
blood
.
And
they
call
that
Christianlike
!
”
“
It
is
Saturday
,
”
said
Julia
,
“
sure
enough
;
and
if
I
don’t
lie
in
bed
to-morrow
till
sunset
,
may
I
get
a
bate
ticket
for
every
day
for
a
week
to
come
.
”
“
Well
,
go
it
my
hearty
,
”
said
Mick
to
Devilsdust
.
“
It
is
Saturday
,
that
they
have
all
agreed
.
”
“
And
to-morrow
is
Sunday
,
”
said
Devilsdust
solemnly
.
“
And
the
next
day
is
the
blackest
day
in
all
the
week
,
”
said
Julia
.
“
When
I
hear
the
factory
bell
on
Monday
morning
,
I
feel
just
the
same
as
I
did
when
I
crossed
with
my
uncle
from
Liverpool
to
Seaton
to
eat
shrimps
.
Wasn’t
I
sick
coming
home
,
that’s
all
!
”
“
You
won’t
hear
that
bell
sound
next
Monday
,
”
said
Devilsdust
solemnly
.
“
You
don’t
mean
that
?
”
said
Julia
.
“
Why
,
what’s
the
matter
?
”
said
Caroline
.
“
Is
the
Queen
dead
?
”
“
No
bell
on
Monday
morning
,
”
said
Mrs
Carey
,
incredulously
.
“
Not
a
single
ring
if
all
the
Capitalists
in
Mowbray
were
to
pull
together
at
the
same
rope
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
What
can
it
be
?
”
said
Julia
.
“
Come
,
Mick
;
Dusty
is
always
so
long
telling
us
anything
.
”
“
Why
we
are
going
to
have
the
devil’s
own
strike
,
”
said
Mick
unable
any
longer
to
contain
himself
and
dancing
with
glee
.
“
A
strike
!
”
said
Julia
.
“
I
hope
they
will
destroy
the
machines
,
”
said
Harriet
.
“
And
open
the
Temple
,
”
said
Caroline
,
“
or
else
it
will
be
very
dull
.
”
“
I
have
seen
a
many
strikes
,
”
said
the
widow
,
“
but
as
Chaffing
Jack
was
saying
to
me
the
other
day
—
”
“
Chaffing
Jack
be
hanged
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
Such
a
slow
coach
won’t
do
in
these
high-pressure
times
.
We
are
going
to
do
the
trick
and
no
mistake
.
There
shan’t
be
a
capitalist
in
England
who
can
get
a
day’s
work
out
of
us
,
even
if
he
makes
the
operatives
his
junior
partners
.
”
“
I
never
heard
of
such
things
,
”
said
Mrs
Carey
in
amazement
.
“
It’s
all
booked
,
though
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
We’ll
clean
out
the
Savings’
Banks
;
the
Benefits
and
Burials
will
shell
out
.
I
am
treasurer
of
the
Ancient
Shepherds
,
and
we
passed
a
resolution
yesterday
unanimously
,
that
we
would
devote
all
our
funds
to
the
sustenance
of
Labour
in
this
its
last
and
triumphant
struggle
against
Capital
.
”
“
Lor
!
”
said
Caroline
,
“
I
think
it
will
be
very
jolly
.
”
“
As
long
as
you
can
give
us
money
,
I
don’t
care
,
for
my
part
,
how
long
we
stick
out
,
”
said
Julia
.
“
Well
,
”
said
Mrs
Carey
,
“
I
didn’t
think
there
was
so
much
spirit
in
the
place
.
As
Chaffing
Jack
was
saying
the
other
day
—
”
“
There
is
no
spirit
in
the
place
,
”
said
Devilsdust
,
“
but
we
mean
to
infuse
some
.
Some
of
our
friends
are
going
to
pay
you
a
visit
to-morrow
.
”
“
And
who
may
they
be
?
”
said
Caroline
.
“
To-morrow
is
Sunday
,
”
said
Devilsdust
,
“
and
the
miners
mean
to
say
their
prayers
in
Mowbray
Church
.
”
“
Well
,
that
will
be
a
shindy
!
”
said
Caroline
.
“
It’s
a
true
bill
,
though
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
This
time
to-morrow
you
will
have
ten
thousand
of
them
in
this
town
,
and
if
every
mill
and
work
in
it
and
ten
mile
round
is
not
stopped
,
my
name
is
not
MICK
RADLEY
!
”
CHAPTER
IX
.
It
was
Monday
morning
.
Hatton
,
enveloped
in
his
chamber
robe
and
wearing
his
velvet
cap
,
was
lounging
in
the
best
room
of
the
principal
commercial
inn
of
Mowbray
,
over
a
breakfast
table
covered
with
all
the
delicacies
of
which
a
northern
matin
meal
may
justly
boast
.
There
were
pies
of
spiced
meat
and
trout
fresh
from
the
stream
,
hams
that
Westphalia
never
equalled
,
pyramids
of
bread
of
every
form
and
flavour
adapted
to
the
surrounding
fruits
,
some
conserved
with
curious
art
,
and
some
just
gathered
from
the
bed
or
from
the
tree
.
“
It’s
very
odd
,
”
said
Hatton
to
his
companion
Morley
,
“
you
can’t
get
coffee
anywhere
.
”
Morley
who
had
supposed
that
coffee
was
about
the
commonest
article
of
consumption
in
Mowbray
,
looked
a
little
surprised
;
but
at
this
moment
Hatton’s
servant
entered
with
a
mysterious
yet
somewhat
triumphant
air
,
and
ushering
in
a
travelling
biggin
of
their
own
fuming
like
one
of
the
springs
of
Geyser
.
“
Now
try
that
,
”
said
Hatton
to
Morley
,
as
the
servant
poured
him
out
a
cup
;
“
you
won’t
find
that
so
bad
.
”
“
Does
the
town
continue
pretty
quiet
?
”
enquired
Morley
of
the
servant
as
he
was
leaving
the
room
.
“
Quite
quiet
I
believe
,
Sir
;
but
a
great
many
people
in
the
streets
.
All
the
mills
are
stopped
.
”
“
Well
,
this
is
a
strange
business
,
”
said
Hatton
when
they
were
once
more
alone
.
“
You
had
no
idea
of
it
when
I
met
you
on
Saturday
?
”
“
None
;
on
the
contrary
,
I
felt
convinced
that
there
were
no
elements
of
general
disturbance
in
this
district
.
I
thought
from
the
first
that
the
movement
would
be
confined
to
Lancashire
and
would
easily
be
arrested
;
but
the
feebleness
of
the
government
,
the
want
of
decision
,
perhaps
the
want
of
means
,
have
permitted
a
flame
to
spread
the
extinction
of
which
will
not
soon
be
witnessed
.
”
“
Do
you
mean
that
?
”
“
Whenever
the
mining
population
is
disturbed
the
disorder
is
obstinate
.
On
the
whole
they
endure
less
physical
suffering
than
most
of
the
working
classes
,
their
wages
being
considerable
;
and
they
are
so
brutalized
that
they
are
more
difficult
to
operate
on
than
our
reading
and
thinking
population
of
the
factories
.
But
when
they
do
stir
there
is
always
violence
and
a
determined
course
.
When
I
heard
of
their
insurrection
on
Saturday
I
was
prepared
for
great
disturbances
in
their
district
,
but
that
they
should
suddenly
resolve
to
invade
another
country
as
it
were
,
the
seat
of
another
class
of
labour
,
and
where
the
hardships
however
severe
are
not
of
their
own
kind
,
is
to
me
amazing
,
and
convinces
me
that
there
is
some
political
head
behind
the
scenes
,
and
that
this
move
,
however
unintentional
on
the
part
of
the
miners
themselves
,
is
part
of
some
comprehensive
scheme
which
,
by
widening
the
scene
of
action
and
combining
several
counties
and
classes
of
labour
in
the
broil
,
must
inevitably
embarrass
and
perhaps
paralyse
the
Government
.
”
“
There
is
a
good
deal
in
what
you
say
,
”
said
Hatton
,
taking
a
strawberry
with
a
rather
absent
air
,
and
then
he
added
,
“
You
remember
a
conversation
we
once
had
,
the
eve
of
my
departure
from
Mowbray
in
‘39
?
”
“
I
do
,
”
said
Morley
reddening
.
“
The
miners
were
not
so
ready
then
,
”
said
Hatton
.
“
They
were
not
,
”
said
Morley
speaking
with
some
confusion
.
“
Well
they
are
here
now
,
”
said
Hatton
.
“
They
are
,
”
said
Morley
thoughtfully
,
but
more
collected
.
“
You
saw
them
enter
yesterday
?
”
said
Hatton
.
“
I
was
sorry
I
missed
it
,
but
I
was
taking
a
walk
with
the
Gerards
up
Dale
to
see
the
cottage
where
they
once
lived
,
and
which
they
used
to
talk
of
so
much
!
Was
it
a
strong
body
?
”
“
I
should
say
about
two
thousand
men
,
and
as
far
as
bludgeons
and
iron
staves
go
,
armed
.
”
“
A
formidable
force
with
no
military
to
encounter
them
.
”
“
Irresistible
,
especially
with
a
favourable
population
.
”
“
You
think
the
people
were
not
grieved
to
see
them
?
”
“
Certainly
.
Left
alone
they
might
have
remained
quiet
;
but
they
only
wanted
the
spark
.
We
have
a
number
of
young
men
here
who
have
for
a
long
time
been
murmuring
against
our
inaction
and
what
they
call
want
of
spirit
.
The
Lancashire
strike
set
them
all
agog
;
and
had
any
popular
leader
,
Gerard
for
example
or
Warner
,
resolved
to
move
,
they
were
ready
.
”
“
The
times
are
critical
,
”
said
Hatton
wheeling
his
arm-chair
from
the
table
and
resting
his
feet
on
the
empty
fire-place
.
“
Lord
de
Mowbray
had
no
idea
of
all
this
.
I
was
with
him
on
my
way
here
,
and
found
him
quite
tranquil
.
I
suppose
the
invasion
of
yesterday
has
opened
his
eyes
a
little
.
”
“
What
can
he
do
?
”
said
Morley
.
“
It
is
useless
to
apply
to
the
Government
.
They
have
no
force
to
spare
.
Look
at
Lancashire
;
a
few
dragoons
and
rifles
hurried
about
from
place
to
place
and
harassed
by
night
service
;
always
arriving
too
late
,
and
generally
attacking
the
wrong
point
,
some
diversion
from
the
main
scheme
.
Now
we
had
a
week
ago
some
of
the
17th
Lancers
here
.
They
have
been
marched
into
Lancashire
.
Had
they
remained
the
invasion
would
never
have
occurred
.
”
“
You
haven’t
a
soldier
at
hand
?
”
“
Not
a
man
;
they
have
actually
sent
for
a
party
of
73d
from
Ireland
to
guard
us
.
Mowbray
may
be
burnt
before
they
land
.
”
“
And
the
castle
too
,
”
said
Hatton
quietly
.
“
These
are
indeed
critical
times
Mr
Morley
.
I
was
thinking
when
walking
with
our
friend
Gerard
yesterday
,
and
hearing
him
and
his
charming
daughter
dilate
upon
the
beauties
of
the
residence
which
they
had
forfeited
,
I
was
thinking
what
a
strange
thing
life
is
,
and
that
the
fact
of
a
box
of
papers
belonging
to
him
being
in
the
possession
of
another
person
who
only
lives
close
by
,
for
we
were
walking
through
Mowbray
woods
—
”
But
at
this
moment
a
waiter
entered
and
said
there
was
one
without
who
wished
to
speak
with
Mr
Morley
.
“
Let
him
come
up
,
”
said
Hatton
,
“
he
will
give
us
some
news
perhaps
.
”
And
there
was
accordingly
shown
up
a
young
man
who
had
been
a
member
of
the
Convention
in
‘39
with
Morley
,
afterwards
of
the
Secret
Council
with
Gerard
,
the
same
young
man
who
had
been
the
first
arrested
on
the
night
that
Sybil
was
made
a
prisoner
,
having
left
the
scene
of
their
deliberations
for
a
moment
in
order
to
fetch
her
some
water
.
He
too
had
been
tried
,
convicted
,
and
imprisoned
,
though
for
a
shorter
time
than
Gerard
;
and
he
was
the
Chartist
Apostle
who
had
gone
and
resided
at
Wodgate
,
preached
the
faith
to
the
barbarians
,
converted
them
,
and
was
thus
the
primary
cause
of
the
present
invasion
of
Mowbray
.
“
Ah
!
Field
,
”
said
Morley
,
“
is
it
you
?
”
“
You
are
surprised
to
see
me
;
”
and
then
the
young
man
looked
at
Hatton
.
“
A
friend
,
”
said
Morley
;
“
speak
as
you
like
.
”
“
Our
great
man
,
the
leader
and
liberator
of
the
people
,
”
said
Field
with
a
smile
,
“
who
has
carried
all
before
him
,
and
who
I
verily
believe
will
carry
all
before
him
,
for
Providence
has
given
him
those
superhuman
energies
which
can
alone
emancipate
a
race
,
wishes
to
confer
with
you
on
the
state
of
this
town
and
neighbourhood
.
It
has
been
represented
to
him
that
no
one
is
more
knowing
and
experienced
than
yourself
in
this
respect
;
besides
as
the
head
of
our
most
influential
organ
in
the
Press
,
it
is
in
every
way
expedient
that
you
should
see
him
.
He
is
at
this
moment
below
giving
instructions
and
receiving
reports
of
the
stoppage
of
all
the
country
works
,
but
if
you
like
I
will
bring
him
up
here
,
we
shall
be
less
disturbed
.
”
“
By
all
means
,
”
said
Hatton
who
seemed
to
apprehend
that
Morley
would
make
some
difficulties
.
“
By
all
means
.
”
“
Stop
;
”
said
Morley
,
“
have
you
seen
Gerard
?
”
“
No
,
”
said
Field
.
“
I
wrote
to
him
some
time
back
,
but
his
reply
was
not
encouraging
.
I
thought
his
spirit
was
perhaps
broken
.
”
“
You
know
that
he
is
here
?
”
“
I
concluded
so
,
but
we
have
not
seen
him
;
though
to
be
sure
,
we
have
seen
so
many
,
and
done
so
much
since
our
arrival
yesterday
,
it
is
not
wonderful
.
By
the
bye
,
who
is
this
blackcoat
you
have
here
,
this
St
Lys
?
We
took
possession
of
the
church
yesterday
on
our
arrival
,
for
it’s
a
sort
of
thing
that
pleases
the
miners
and
colliers
wonderfully
,
and
I
always
humour
them
.
This
St
Lys
preached
us
such
a
sermon
that
I
was
almost
afraid
at
one
time
the
game
would
be
spoiled
.
Our
great
man
was
alarmingly
taken
by
it
,
was
saying
his
prayers
all
day
and
had
nearly
marched
back
again
:
had
it
not
been
for
the
excellence
of
the
rum
and
water
at
our
quarters
,
the
champion
of
the
Charter
would
have
proved
a
pious
recreant
.
”
“
St
Lys
will
trouble
you
,
”
said
Morley
.
“
Alas
!
for
poor
human
nature
,
when
violence
can
only
be
arrested
by
superstition
.
”
“
Come
don’t
you
preach
,
”
said
the
Chartist
.
“
The
Charter
is
a
thing
the
people
can
understand
,
especially
when
they
are
masters
of
the
country
;
but
as
for
moral
force
,
I
should
like
to
know
how
I
could
have
marched
from
Wodgate
to
Mowbray
with
that
on
my
banner
.
”
“
Wodgate
,
”
said
Morley
,
“
that’s
a
queer
place
.
”
“
Wodgate
,
”
said
Hatton
,
“
what
Wodgate
is
that
?
”
At
this
moment
a
great
noise
sounded
without
the
room
,
the
door
was
banged
,
there
seemed
a
scuttling
,
some
harsh
high
tones
,
the
deprecatory
voices
of
many
waiters
.
The
door
was
banged
again
and
this
time
flew
open
,
while
exclaiming
in
an
insolent
coarse
voice
,
“
Don’t
tell
me
of
your
private
rooms
;
who
is
master
here
I
should
like
to
know
?
”
there
entered
a
very
thickset
man
,
rather
under
the
middle
size
,
with
a
brutal
and
grimy
countenance
,
wearing
the
unbuttoned
coat
of
a
police
serjeant
conquered
in
fight
,
a
cocked
hat
,
with
a
white
plume
,
which
was
also
a
trophy
of
war
,
a
pair
of
leather
breeches
and
topped
boots
,
which
from
their
antiquity
had
the
appearance
of
being
his
authentic
property
.
This
was
the
leader
and
liberator
of
the
people
of
England
.
He
carried
in
his
hand
a
large
hammer
which
he
had
never
parted
with
during
the
whole
of
the
insurrection
;
and
stopping
when
he
had
entered
the
room
,
and
surveying
its
inmates
with
an
air
at
once
stupid
and
arrogant
,
recognizing
Field
the
Chartist
,
he
halloed
out
,
“
I
tell
you
I
want
him
.
He’s
my
Lord
Chancellor
and
Prime
Minister
,
my
head
and
principal
Doggy
;
I
can’t
go
on
without
him
.
Well
,
what
do
you
think
,
”
he
said
advancing
to
Field
,
“
here’s
a
pretty
go
!
They
won’t
stop
the
works
at
the
big
country
mill
you
were
talking
of
.
They
won’t
,
won’t
they
?
Is
my
word
the
law
of
the
land
or
is
it
not
?
Have
I
given
my
commands
that
all
labour
shall
cease
till
the
Queen
sends
me
a
message
that
the
Charter
is
established
,
and
is
a
man
who
has
a
mill
,
to
shut
his
gates
upon
my
forces
,
and
pump
upon
my
people
with
engines
?
There
shall
be
fire
for
this
water
;
”
and
so
saying
the
Liberator
sent
his
hammer
with
such
force
upon
the
table
,
that
the
plate
and
porcelain
and
accumulated
luxuries
of
Mr
Hatton’s
breakfast
perilously
vibrated
.
“
We
will
enquire
into
this
,
Sir
,
”
said
Field
,
“
and
we
will
take
the
necessary
steps
.
”
“
We
will
enquire
into
this
and
we
will
take
the
necessary
steps
,
”
said
the
Liberator
,
looking
round
with
an
air
of
pompous
stupidity
,
and
then
taking
up
some
peaches
,
he
began
devouring
them
with
considerable
zest
.
“
Would
the
Liberator
like
to
take
some
breakfast
?
”
said
Mr
Hatton
.
The
Liberator
looked
at
his
host
with
a
glance
of
senseless
intimidation
,
and
then
as
if
not
condescending
to
communicate
directly
with
ordinary
men
,
he
uttered
in
a
more
subdued
tone
to
the
Chartist
these
words
,
“
Glass
of
ale
.
”
Ale
was
instantly
ordered
for
the
Liberator
,
who
after
a
copious
draught
assumed
a
less
menacing
air
,
and
smacking
his
lips
,
pushed
aside
the
dishes
,
and
sate
down
on
the
table
swinging
his
legs
.
“
This
is
my
friend
of
whom
I
spoke
and
whom
you
wished
to
see
,
Sir
,
”
said
the
Chartist
,
“
the
most
distinguished
advocate
of
popular
rights
we
possess
,
the
editor
of
the
Mowbray
Phalanx
,
Mr
Morley
.
”
Morley
slightly
advanced
,
he
caught
the
Liberator’s
eye
,
who
scrutinized
him
with
extreme
earnestness
,
and
then
jumping
from
the
table
shouted
;
“
Why
this
is
the
muff
that
called
on
me
in
Hell-house
Yard
three
years
ago
.
”
“
I
had
that
honour
,
”
said
Morley
quietly
.
“
Honour
be
hanged
,
”
said
the
Bishop
,
“
you
know
something
about
somebody
;
I
couldn’t
squeeze
you
then
,
but
by
G
—
I
will
have
it
out
of
you
now
.
Now
,
cut
it
short
;
have
you
seen
him
,
and
where
does
he
live
?
”
“
I
came
then
to
gain
information
,
not
to
give
it
,
”
said
Morley
.
“
I
had
a
friend
who
wished
much
to
see
this
gentleman
—
”
“
He
ayn’t
no
gentleman
,
”
said
the
Bishop
;
“
he’s
my
brother
:
but
I
tell
you
what
,
I’ll
do
something
for
him
now
.
I’m
cock
of
the
walk
you
see
,
and
that’s
a
sort
of
thing
that
don’t
come
twice
in
a
man’s
life
.
One
should
feel
for
one’s
flesh
and
blood
,
and
if
I
find
him
out
I’ll
make
his
fortune
,
or
my
name
is
not
Simon
Hatton
.
”
The
creator
and
counsellor
of
peers
started
in
his
chair
and
turned
pale
.
A
look
was
interchanged
between
him
and
Morley
which
revealed
their
mutual
thoughts
,
and
the
great
antiquary
—
looking
at
the
Liberator
with
a
glance
of
blended
terror
and
disgust
—
walked
away
to
the
window
.
“
Suppose
you
put
an
advertisement
in
your
paper
,
”
continued
the
Bishop
.
“
I
know
a
traveller
who
lost
his
keys
at
the
Yard
and
got
them
back
again
by
those
same
means
.
Go
on
advertising
till
you
find
him
,
and
my
prime
minister
and
principal
doggy
here
shall
give
you
an
order
on
the
town
council
for
your
expenses
.
”
Morley
bowed
his
thanks
in
silence
.
The
Bishop
continued
—
“
What’s
the
name
of
the
man
who
has
got
the
big
mill
here
,
about
three
mile
off
,
who
won’t
stop
his
works
and
ducked
my
men
this
morning
with
his
engines
.
I’ll
have
fire
I
say
for
that
water
—
do
you
hear
that
Master
Newspaper
—
I’ll
have
fire
for
that
water
before
I
am
many
hours
older
.
”
“
The
Liberator
means
Trafford
,
”
said
the
Chartist
.
“
I’ll
Trafford
him
,
”
said
the
Liberator
and
he
struck
the
table
with
his
hammer
.
“
He
ducks
my
messenger
does
he
?
I
tell
you
I’ll
have
fire
for
that
water
,
”
and
he
looked
around
him
as
if
he
courted
some
remonstrance
in
order
that
he
might
crush
it
.
“
Trafford
is
a
humane
man
,
”
said
Morley
in
a
quiet
tone
,
“
and
behaves
well
to
his
people
.
”
“
A
man
with
a
big
mill
humane
!
”
exclaimed
the
Bishop
;
“
with
two
or
three
thousand
slaves
working
under
the
same
roof
,
and
he
doing
nothing
but
eating
their
vitals
.
I’ll
have
no
big
mills
where
I’m
main
master
.
Let
him
look
to
it
.
Here
goes
,
”
and
he
jumped
off
the
table
.
“
Before
an
hour
I’ll
pay
this
same
Trafford
a
visit
and
I’ll
see
whether
he’ll
duck
me
.
Come
on
my
prime
Doggy
,
”
and
nodding
to
the
Chartist
to
follow
him
,
the
Liberator
left
the
room
.
Hatton
turned
his
head
from
the
window
,
and
advanced
quickly
to
Morley
.
“
To
business
,
friend
Morley
.
This
savage
can-not
be
quiet
for
a
moment
;
he
exists
only
in
destruction
and
rapine
.
If
it
were
not
Trafford’s
mill
it
would
be
something
else
.
I
am
sorry
for
the
Traffords
;
they
have
old
blood
in
their
veins
.
Before
sunset
their
settlement
will
be
razed
to
the
ground
.
Can
we
prevent
it
?
And
why
not
attack
the
castle
instead
of
the
mill
?
”
CHAPTER
X
.
About
noon
of
this
day
there
was
a
great
stir
in
Mowbray
.
It
was
generally
whispered
about
that
the
Liberator
at
the
head
of
the
Hell-cats
and
all
others
who
chose
to
accompany
them
was
going
to
pay
a
visit
to
Mr
Trafford’s
settlement
,
in
order
to
avenge
an
insult
which
his
envoys
had
experienced
early
in
the
morning
when
,
accompanied
by
a
rabble
of
two
or
three
hundred
persons
,
they
had
repaired
to
the
Mowedale
works
in
order
to
signify
the
commands
of
the
Liberator
that
labour
should
stop
,
and
if
necessary
to
enforce
those
commands
.
The
injunctions
were
disregarded
,
and
when
the
mob
in
pursuance
of
their
further
instructions
began
to
force
the
great
gates
of
the
premises
,
in
order
that
they
might
enter
the
building
,
drive
the
plugs
out
of
the
steam-boilers
,
and
free
the
slaves
enclosed
,
a
masqued
battery
of
powerful
engines
was
suddenly
opened
upon
them
,
and
the
whole
band
of
patriots
were
deluged
.
It
was
impossible
to
resist
a
power
which
seemed
inexhaustible
,
and
wet
to
the
skins
and
amid
the
laughter
of
their
adversaries
they
fled
.
This
ridiculous
catastrophe
had
terribly
excited
the
ire
of
the
Liberator
.
He
vowed
vengeance
,
and
as
,
like
all
great
revolutionary
characters
and
military
leaders
,
the
only
foundation
of
his
power
was
constant
employment
for
his
troops
and
constant
excitement
for
the
populace
,
he
determined
to
place
himself
at
the
head
of
the
chastising
force
,
and
make
a
great
example
which
should
establish
his
awful
reputation
and
spread
the
terror
of
his
name
throughout
the
district
.
Field
the
Chartist
had
soon
discovered
who
were
the
rising
spirits
of
Mowbray
,
and
Devilsdust
and
Dandy
Mick
were
both
sworn
on
Monday
morning
of
the
council
of
the
Liberator
,
and
took
their
seats
at
the
board
accordingly
.
Devilsdust
,
used
to
public
business
and
to
the
fulfilment
of
responsible
duties
,
was
calm
and
grave
,
but
equally
ready
and
determined
.
Mick’s
head
on
the
contrary
was
quite
turned
by
the
importance
of
his
novel
position
.
He
was
greatly
excited
,
could
devise
nothing
and
would
do
anything
,
always
followed
Devilsdust
in
council
,
but
when
he
executed
their
joint
decrees
and
showed
himself
about
the
town
,
he
strutted
like
a
peacock
,
swore
at
the
men
and
winked
at
the
girls
,
and
was
the
idol
and
admiration
of
every
gaping
or
huzzaing
younker
.
There
was
a
large
crowd
assembled
in
the
Market
Place
,
in
which
were
the
Liberator’s
lodgings
,
many
of
them
armed
in
their
rude
fashion
,
and
all
anxious
to
march
.
Devilsdust
was
with
the
great
man
and
Field
;
Mick
below
was
marshalling
the
men
,
and
swearing
like
a
trooper
at
all
who
disobeyed
or
who
misunderstood
.
“
Come
stupid
,
”
said
he
addressing
Tummas
,
“
what
are
you
staring
about
?
Get
your
men
in
order
or
I’ll
be
among
you
.
”
“
Stupid
!
”
said
Tummas
,
staring
at
Mick
with
immense
astonishment
.
“
And
who
are
you
who
says
‘Stupid
?
’
A
white-livered
Handloom
as
I
dare
say
,
or
a
son
of
a
gun
of
a
factory
slave
.
Stupid
indeed
!
What
next
,
when
a
Hell-cat
is
to
be
called
stupid
by
such
a
thing
as
you
?
”
“
I’ll
give
you
a
piece
of
advice
young
man
,
”
said
Master
Nixon
taking
his
pipe
out
of
his
mouth
and
blowing
an
immense
puff
;
“
just
you
go
down
the
shaft
for
a
couple
of
months
,
and
then
you’ll
learn
a
little
of
life
,
which
is
wery
useful
.
”
The
lively
temperament
of
the
Dandy
would
here
probably
have
involved
him
in
an
inconvenient
embroilment
had
not
some
one
at
this
moment
touched
him
on
the
shoulder
,
and
looking
round
he
recognised
Mr
Morley
.
Notwithstanding
the
difference
of
their
political
schools
Mick
had
a
profound
respect
for
Morley
,
though
why
he
could
not
perhaps
precisely
express
.
But
he
had
heard
Devilsdust
for
years
declare
that
Stephen
Morley
was
the
deepest
head
in
Mowbray
,
and
though
he
regretted
the
unfortunate
weakness
in
favour
of
that
imaginary
abstraction
called
Moral
Force
for
which
the
editor
of
the
Phalanx
was
distinguished
,
still
Devilsdust
used
to
say
that
if
ever
the
great
revolution
were
to
occur
by
which
the
rights
of
labour
were
to
be
recognised
,
though
bolder
spirits
and
brawnier
arms
might
consummate
the
change
,
there
was
only
one
head
among
them
that
would
be
capable
when
they
had
gained
their
power
to
guide
it
for
the
public
weal
,
and
as
Devilsdust
used
to
add
,
“
carry
out
the
thing
,
”
and
that
was
Morley
.
It
was
a
fine
summer
day
,
and
Mowedale
was
as
resplendent
as
when
Egremont
amid
its
beauties
first
began
to
muse
over
the
beautiful
.
There
was
the
same
bloom
over
the
sky
,
the
same
shadowy
lustre
on
the
trees
,
the
same
sparkling
brilliancy
on
the
waters
.
A
herdsman
following
some
kine
was
crossing
the
stone
bridge
,
and
except
their
lowing
as
they
stopped
and
sniffed
the
current
of
fresh
air
in
its
centre
,
there
was
not
a
sound
.
Suddenly
the
tramp
and
hum
of
a
multitude
broke
upon
the
sunshiny
silence
.
A
vast
crowd
with
some
assumption
of
an
ill-disciplined
order
approached
from
the
direction
of
Mowbray
.
At
their
head
rode
a
man
on
a
white
mule
.
Many
of
his
followers
were
armed
with
bludgeons
and
other
rude
weapons
,
and
moved
in
files
.
Behind
them
spread
a
more
miscellaneous
throng
,
in
which
women
were
not
wanting
and
even
children
.
They
moved
rapidly
;
they
swept
by
the
former
cottage
of
Gerard
;
they
were
in
sight
of
the
settlement
of
Trafford
.
“
All
the
waters
of
the
river
shall
not
dout
the
blaze
that
I
will
light
up
to-day
,
”
said
the
Liberator
.
“
He
is
a
most
inveterate
Capitalist
,
”
said
Field
,
“
and
would
divert
the
minds
of
the
people
from
the
Five
Points
by
allotting
them
gardens
and
giving
them
baths
.
”
“
We
will
have
no
more
gardens
in
England
;
everything
shall
be
open
,
”
said
the
Liberator
,
“
and
baths
shall
only
be
used
to
drown
the
enemies
of
the
People
.
I
was
always
against
washing
;
it
takes
the
marrow
out
of
a
man
.
”
“
Here
we
are
,
”
said
Field
,
as
the
roofs
and
bowers
of
the
village
,
the
spire
and
the
spreading
factory
,
broke
upon
them
.
“
Every
door
and
every
window
closed
!
The
settlement
is
deserted
.
Some
one
has
been
before
us
and
apprised
them
of
our
arrival
.
”
“
Will
they
pour
water
on
me
?
”
said
the
Bishop
.
“
It
must
be
a
stream
indeed
that
shall
put
out
the
blaze
that
I
am
going
to
light
.
What
shall
we
do
first
?
Halt
there
,
you
men
,
”
said
the
Liberator
looking
back
with
that
scowl
which
his
apprentices
never
could
forget
.
“
Will
you
halt
or
won’t
you
?
or
must
I
be
among
you
?
”
There
was
a
tremulous
shuffling
and
then
a
comparative
silence
.
The
women
and
children
of
the
village
had
been
gathered
into
the
factory
yard
,
of
which
the
great
gates
were
closed
.
“
What
shall
we
burn
first
?
”
asked
the
Bishop
.
“
We
may
as
well
parley
with
them
a
little
,
”
said
Field
;
“
perhaps
we
may
contrive
to
gain
admission
and
then
we
can
sack
the
whole
affair
,
and
let
the
people
burn
the
machinery
.
It
will
be
a
great
moral
lesson
.
”
“
As
long
as
there
is
burning
,
”
said
the
Bishop
,
“
I
don’t
care
what
lessons
you
teach
them
.
I
leave
them
to
you
;
but
I
will
have
fire
to
put
out
that
water
.
”
“
I’ll
advance
,
”
said
Field
,
and
so
saying
he
went
forward
and
rang
at
the
gate
;
the
Bishop
,
on
his
mule
,
with
a
dozen
Hell-cats
accompanying
him
;
the
great
body
of
the
people
about
twenty
yards
withdrawn
.
“
Who
rings
?
”
asked
a
loud
voice
.
“
One
who
by
the
order
of
the
Liberator
wishes
to
enter
and
see
whether
his
commands
for
a
complete
cessation
of
labour
have
been
complied
with
in
this
establishment
.
”
“
Very
good
,
”
said
the
Bishop
.
“
There
is
no
hand
at
work
here
,
”
said
the
voice
;
“
and
you
may
take
my
word
for
it
.
”
“
Your
word
be
hanged
,
”
said
the
Bishop
.
“
I
want
to
know
—
”
“
Hush
,
hush
!
”
said
Field
,
and
then
in
a
louder
voice
he
said
,
“
It
may
be
so
,
but
as
our
messengers
this
morning
were
not
permitted
to
enter
and
were
treated
with
great
indignity
—
”
“
That’s
it
,
”
said
the
Bishop
.
“
With
great
indignity
,
”
continued
Field
,
“
we
must
have
ocular
experience
of
the
state
of
affairs
,
and
I
beg
and
recommend
you
therefore
at
once
to
let
the
Liberator
enter
.
”
“
None
shall
enter
here
,
”
replied
the
unseen
guardian
of
the
gate
.
“
That’s
enough
,
”
cried
the
Bishop
.
“
Beware
!
”
said
Field
.
“
Whether
you
let
us
in
or
not
,
‘tis
all
the
same
,
”
said
the
Bishop
;
“
I
will
have
fire
for
your
water
,
and
I
have
come
for
that
.
Now
lads
!
”
“
Stop
,
”
said
the
voice
of
the
unseen
.
“
I
will
speak
to
you
.
”
“
He
is
going
to
let
us
in
,
”
whispered
Field
to
the
Bishop
.
And
suddenly
there
appeared
on
the
flat
roof
of
the
lodge
that
was
on
one
side
of
the
gates
—
Gerard
.
His
air
,
his
figure
,
his
position
were
alike
commanding
,
and
at
the
sight
of
him
a
loud
and
spontaneous
cheer
burst
from
the
assembled
thousands
.
It
was
the
sight
of
one
who
was
after
all
the
most
popular
leader
of
the
people
that
had
ever
figured
in
these
parts
,
whose
eloquence
charmed
and
commanded
,
whose
disinterestedness
was
acknowledged
,
whose
sufferings
had
created
sympathy
,
whose
courage
,
manly
bearing
,
and
famous
feats
of
strength
were
a
source
to
them
of
pride
.
There
was
not
a
Mowbray
man
whose
heart
did
not
throb
with
emotion
,
and
whose
memory
did
not
recall
the
orations
from
the
Druid’s
altar
and
the
famous
meetings
on
the
moor
.
“
Gerard
for
ever
”
was
the
universal
shout
.
The
Bishop
who
liked
no
one
to
be
cheered
except
himself
,
like
many
great
men
,
was
much
disgusted
,
a
little
perplexed
.
“
What
does
all
this
mean
?
”
he
whispered
to
Field
.
“
I
came
here
to
burn
down
the
place
.
”
“
Wait
awhile
,
”
said
Field
,
“
we
must
humour
the
Mowbray
men
a
bit
.
This
is
their
favourite
leader
,
at
least
was
in
old
days
.
I
know
him
well
;
he
is
a
bold
and
honest
man
.
”
“
Is
this
the
man
who
ducked
my
people
?
”
asked
the
Bishop
fiercely
.
“
Hush
!
”
said
Field
;
“
he
is
going
to
speak
.
”
“
My
friends
,
”
said
Gerard
,
“
for
if
we
are
not
friends
who
should
be
?
(
loud
cheers
and
cries
of
“
Very
true
”
)
,
if
you
come
hear
to
learn
whether
the
Mowedale
works
are
stopped
,
I
give
you
my
word
there
is
not
a
machine
or
man
that
stirs
here
at
this
moment
(
great
cheering
)
.
I
believe
you’ll
take
my
word
(
cheers
,
and
cries
of
“
We
will
”
)
.
I
believe
I’m
known
at
Mowbray
(
“
Gerard
for
ever
!
”
)
,
and
on
Mowbray
Moor
too
(
tumultous
cheering
)
.
We
have
met
together
before
this
(
“
That
we
have
”
)
,
and
shall
meet
again
yet
(
great
cheering
)
.
The
people
haven’t
so
many
friends
that
they
should
quarrel
with
well-wishers
.
The
master
here
has
done
his
best
to
soften
your
lots
.
He
is
not
one
of
those
who
deny
that
Labour
has
rights
(
loud
cheers
)
.
I
say
that
Mr
Trafford
has
always
acknowledged
the
rights
of
Labour
(
prolonged
cheers
and
cries
of
“
So
he
has
”
)
.
Well
,
is
he
the
man
that
we
should
injure
?
(
“
No
,
no
”
)
.
What
if
he
did
give
a
cold
reception
to
some
visitors
this
morning
—
(
groans
)
—
perhaps
they
wore
faces
he
was
not
used
to
(
loud
cheers
and
laughter
from
the
Mowbray
people
)
.
I
dare
say
they
mean
as
well
as
we
do
—
no
doubt
of
that
—
but
still
a
neighbour’s
a
neighbour
(
immense
cheering
)
.
Now
,
my
lads
,
three
cheers
for
the
National
Holiday
,
”
and
Gerard
gave
the
time
,
and
his
voice
was
echoed
by
the
thousands
present
.
“
The
master
here
has
no
wish
to
interfere
with
the
National
Holiday
;
all
he
wants
to
secure
is
that
all
mills
and
works
should
alike
stop
(
cries
of
“
Very
just
”
)
.
And
I
say
so
too
,
”
continued
Gerard
.
“
It
is
just
;
just
and
manly
and
like
a
true-born
Englishman
as
he
is
,
who
loves
the
people
and
whose
fathers
before
him
loved
the
people
(
great
cheering
)
.
Three
cheers
for
Mr
Trafford
I
say
;
”
and
they
were
given
;
“
and
three
cheers
for
Mrs
Trafford
too
,
the
friend
of
the
poor
!
”
Here
the
mob
became
not
only
enthusiastic
but
maudlin
;
all
vowing
to
each
other
that
Trafford
was
a
true-born
Englishman
and
his
wife
a
very
angel
upon
earth
.
This
popular
feeling
is
so
contagious
that
even
the
Hell-cats
shared
it
—
cheering
,
shaking
hands
with
each
other
,
and
almost
shedding
tears
—
though
it
must
be
confessed
that
they
had
some
vague
idea
that
it
was
all
to
end
in
something
to
drink
.
Their
great
leader
however
remained
unmoved
,
and
nothing
but
his
brutal
stupidity
could
have
prevented
him
from
endeavouring
to
arrest
the
tide
of
public
feeling
,
but
he
was
quite
bewildered
by
the
diversion
,
and
for
the
first
time
failed
in
finding
a
prompter
in
Field
.
The
Chartist
was
cowed
by
Gerard
;
his
old
companion
in
scenes
that
the
memory
lingered
over
,
and
whose
superior
genius
had
often
controlled
and
often
led
him
.
Gerard
too
had
recognized
him
and
had
made
some
personal
allusion
and
appeal
to
him
,
which
alike
touched
his
conscience
and
flattered
his
vanity
.
The
ranks
were
broken
,
the
spirit
of
the
expedition
had
dissolved
,
the
great
body
were
talking
of
returning
,
some
of
the
stragglers
indeed
were
on
their
way
back
,
the
Bishop
silent
and
confused
kept
knocking
the
mane
of
his
mule
with
his
hammer
.
“
Now
,
”
said
Morley
who
during
this
scene
had
stood
apart
accompanied
by
Devilsdust
and
Dandy
Mick
.
“
Now
,
”
said
Morley
to
the
latter
,
“
now
is
your
time
.
”
“
Gentlemen
!
”
sang
out
Mick
.
“
A
speech
,
a
speech
!
”
cried
out
several
.
“
Listen
to
Mick
Radley
,
”
whispered
Devilsdust
moving
swiftly
among
the
mob
and
addressing
every
one
he
met
of
influence
.
“
Listen
to
Mick
Radley
,
he
has
something
important
.
”
“
Radley
for
ever
!
Listen
to
Mick
Radley
!
Go
it
Dandy
!
Pitch
it
into
them
!
Silence
for
Dandy
Mick
!
Jump
up
on
that
ere
bank
,
”
and
on
the
bank
Mick
mounted
accordingly
.
“
Gentlemen
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
Well
you
have
said
that
before
.
”
“
I
like
to
hear
him
say
‘Gentlemen
;
’
it’s
respectful
.
”
“
Gentlemen
,
”
said
the
Dandy
,
“
the
National
Holiday
has
begun
—
”
“
Three
cheers
for
it
!
”
“
Silence
;
hear
the
Dandy
!
”
“
The
National
Holiday
has
begun
,
”
continued
Mick
,
“
and
it
seems
to
me
the
best
thing
for
the
people
to
do
is
to
take
a
walk
in
Lord
de
Mowbray’s
park
.
”
This
proposition
was
received
with
one
of
those
wild
shouts
of
approbation
which
indicate
the
orator
has
exactly
hit
his
audience
between
wind
and
water
.
The
fact
is
the
public
mind
at
this
instant
wanted
to
be
led
,
and
in
Dandy
Mick
a
leader
appeared
.
A
leader
to
be
successful
should
embody
in
his
system
the
necessities
of
his
followers
;
express
what
every
one
feels
,
but
no
one
has
had
the
ability
or
the
courage
to
pronounce
.
The
courage
and
adroitness
,
the
influence
of
Gerard
,
had
reconciled
the
people
to
the
relinquishment
of
the
great
end
for
which
they
had
congregated
;
but
neither
man
nor
multitude
like
to
make
preparations
without
obtaining
a
result
.
Every
one
wanted
to
achieve
some
object
by
the
movement
;
and
at
this
critical
juncture
an
object
was
proposed
,
and
one
which
promised
novelty
,
amusement
,
excitement
.
The
Bishop
whose
consent
must
be
obtained
,
but
who
relinquished
an
idea
with
the
same
difficulty
with
which
he
had
imbibed
it
,
alone
murmured
,
and
kept
saying
to
Field
,
“
I
thought
we
came
to
burn
down
the
mill
!
A
bloody-minded
Capitalist
,
a
man
that
makes
gardens
and
forces
the
people
to
wash
themselves
:
What
is
all
this
?
”
Field
said
what
he
could
,
while
Devilsdust
leaning
over
the
mule’s
shoulder
,
cajoled
the
other
ear
of
the
Bishop
,
who
at
last
gave
his
consent
with
almost
as
much
reluctance
as
George
the
Fourth
did
to
the
emancipation
of
the
Roman
Catholics
;
but
he
made
his
terms
,
and
said
in
a
sulky
voice
he
must
have
a
glass
of
ale
.
“
Drink
a
glass
of
ale
with
Lord
de
Mowbray
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
CHAPTER
XI
.
When
the
news
had
arrived
in
the
morning
at
Mowbray
,
that
the
messengers
of
the
Bishop
had
met
with
a
somewhat
queer
reception
at
the
Mowedale
works
,
Gerard
prescient
that
some
trouble
might
in
consequence
occur
there
,
determined
to
repair
at
once
to
the
residence
of
his
late
employer
.
It
so
happened
that
Monday
was
the
day
on
which
the
cottages
up
the
dale
and
on
the
other
side
of
the
river
were
visited
by
an
envoy
of
Ursula
Trafford
,
and
it
was
the
office
of
Sybil
this
morning
to
fulfil
the
duties
of
that
mission
of
charity
.
She
had
mentioned
this
to
her
father
on
the
previous
day
,
and
as
in
consequence
of
the
strike
,
he
was
no
longer
occupied
,
he
had
proposed
to
accompany
his
daughter
on
the
morrow
.
Together
therefore
they
had
walked
until
they
arrived
at
the
bridge
,
it
being
then
about
two
hours
to
noon
,
a
little
above
their
former
residence
.
Here
they
were
to
separate
.
Gerard
embraced
his
daughter
with
even
more
than
usual
tenderness
;
and
as
Sybil
crossed
the
bridge
,
she
looked
round
at
her
father
,
and
her
glance
caught
his
,
turned
for
the
same
fond
purpose
.
Sybil
was
not
alone
;
Harold
,
who
had
ceased
to
gambol
,
but
who
had
gained
in
stature
,
majesty
and
weight
what
he
had
lost
of
lithe
and
frolick
grace
,
was
by
her
side
.
He
no
longer
danced
before
his
mistress
,
coursed
away
and
then
returned
,
or
vented
his
exuberant
life
in
a
thousand
feats
of
playful
vigour
;
but
sedate
and
observant
,
he
was
always
at
hand
,
ever
sagacious
,
and
seemed
to
watch
her
every
glance
.
The
day
was
beautiful
,
the
scene
was
fair
,
the
spot
indeed
was
one
which
rendered
the
performance
of
gracious
offices
to
Sybil
doubly
sweet
.
She
ever
begged
of
the
Lady
Superior
that
she
might
be
her
minister
to
the
cottages
up
Dale
.
They
were
full
of
familiar
faces
.
It
was
a
region
endeared
to
Sybil
by
many
memories
of
content
and
tenderness
.
And
as
she
moved
along
to-day
her
heart
was
light
,
and
the
natural
joyousness
of
her
disposition
,
which
so
many
adverse
circumstances
had
tended
to
repress
,
was
visible
in
her
sunny
face
.
She
was
happy
about
her
father
.
The
invasion
of
the
miners
,
instead
of
prompting
him
as
she
had
feared
to
some
rash
conduct
,
appeared
to
have
filled
him
only
with
disgust
.
Even
now
he
was
occupied
in
a
pursuit
of
order
and
peace
,
counselling
prudence
and
protecting
the
benevolent
.
She
passed
through
a
copse
which
skirted
those
woods
of
Mowbray
wherein
she
had
once
so
often
rambled
with
one
whose
image
now
hovered
over
her
spirit
.
Ah
!
what
scenes
and
changes
,
dazzling
and
dark
,
had
occurred
since
the
careless
though
thoughtful
days
of
her
early
girlhood
!
Sybil
mused
:
she
recalled
the
moonlit
hour
when
Mr
Franklin
first
paid
a
visit
to
their
cottage
,
their
walks
and
wanderings
,
the
expeditions
which
she
planned
and
the
explanations
which
she
so
artlessly
gave
him
.
Her
memory
wandered
to
their
meeting
in
Westminster
,
and
all
the
scenes
of
sorrow
and
of
softness
of
which
it
was
the
herald
.
Her
imagination
raised
before
her
in
colours
of
light
and
life
the
morning
,
the
terrible
morning
when
he
came
to
her
desperate
rescue
;
his
voice
sounded
in
her
ear
;
her
cheek
glowed
as
she
recalled
their
tender
farewell
.
It
was
past
noon
:
Sybil
had
reached
the
term
of
her
expedition
,
had
visited
her
last
charge
;
she
was
emerging
from
the
hills
into
the
open
country
,
and
about
to
regain
the
river
road
that
would
in
time
have
conducted
her
to
the
bridge
.
On
one
side
of
her
was
the
moor
,
on
the
other
a
wood
that
was
the
boundary
of
Mowbray
Park
.
And
now
a
number
of
women
met
her
,
some
of
whom
she
recognised
,
and
had
indeed
visited
earlier
in
the
morning
.
Their
movements
were
disordered
,
distress
and
panic
were
expressed
on
their
countenances
.
Sybil
stopped
,
she
spoke
to
some
,
the
rest
gathered
around
her
.
The
Hell-cats
were
coming
,
they
said
;
they
were
on
the
other
side
of
the
river
,
burning
mills
,
destroying
all
they
could
put
their
hands
on
,
man
,
woman
and
child
.
Sybil
,
alarmed
for
her
father
,
put
to
them
some
questions
,
to
which
they
gave
incoherent
answers
.
It
was
however
clear
that
they
had
seen
no
one
,
and
knew
nothing
of
their
own
experience
.
The
rumour
had
reached
them
that
the
mob
was
advancing
up
Dale
,
those
who
had
apprised
them
had
,
according
to
their
statement
,
absolutely
witnessed
the
approach
of
the
multitude
,
and
so
they
had
locked
up
their
cottages
,
crossed
the
bridge
,
and
ran
away
to
the
woods
and
moor
.
Under
these
circumstances
,
deeming
that
there
might
be
much
exaggeration
,
Sybil
at
length
resolved
to
advance
,
and
in
a
few
minutes
those
whom
she
had
encountered
were
out
of
sight
.
She
patted
Harold
,
who
looked
up
in
her
face
and
gave
a
bark
,
significant
of
his
approbation
of
her
proceeding
,
and
also
of
his
consciousness
that
something
strange
was
going
on
.
She
had
not
proceeded
very
far
before
two
men
on
horseback
,
at
full
gallop
,
met
her
.
They
pulled
up
directly
they
observed
her
,
and
said
,
“
You
had
better
go
back
as
fast
as
you
can
:
the
mob
is
out
,
and
coming
up
Dale
in
great
force
.
”
Sybil
enquired
,
with
much
agitation
,
whether
they
