longer,
”
said
Mr
Mountchesney
,
the
son-in-law
of
Lord
de
Mowbray
,
to
his
wife
,
as
he
stood
before
the
empty
fire-place
with
his
back
to
the
mantelpiece
and
his
hands
thrust
into
the
pockets
of
his
coat
.
“
This
living
in
the
country
in
August
bores
me
to
extinction
.
I
think
we
will
go
to
Baden
,
Joan
.
”
“
But
papa
is
so
anxious
,
dearest
Alfred
,
that
we
should
remain
here
at
present
and
see
the
neighbours
a
little
.
”
“
I
might
be
induced
to
remain
here
to
please
your
father
,
but
as
for
your
neighbours
I
have
seen
quite
enough
of
them
.
They
are
not
a
sort
of
people
that
I
ever
met
before
,
or
that
I
wish
to
meet
again
.
I
do
not
know
what
to
say
to
them
,
nor
can
I
annex
an
idea
to
what
they
say
to
me
.
Heigho
!
certainly
the
country
in
August
is
a
thing
of
which
no
one
who
has
not
tried
it
has
the
most
remote
conception
.
”
“
But
you
always
used
to
say
you
doted
on
the
country
,
Alfred
,
”
said
Lady
Joan
in
a
tone
of
tender
reproach
.
“
So
I
do
;
I
never
was
happier
than
when
I
was
at
Melton
,
and
even
enjoyed
the
country
in
August
when
I
was
on
the
Moors
.
”
“
But
I
cannot
well
go
to
Melton
,
”
said
Lady
Joan
.
“
I
don’t
see
why
you
can’t
.
Mrs
Shelldrake
goes
with
her
husband
to
Melton
,
and
so
does
Lady
Di
with
Barham
;
and
a
very
pleasant
life
it
is
.
”
“
Well
,
at
any
rate
we
cannot
go
to
Melton
now
,
”
said
Lady
Joan
mortified
;
“
and
it
is
impossible
for
me
to
go
to
the
Moors
.
”
“
No
,
but
I
could
go
,
”
said
Mr
Mountchesney
,
“
and
leave
you
here
.
I
might
have
gone
with
Eugene
de
Vere
and
Milford
and
Fitz-heron
.
They
wanted
me
very
much
.
What
a
capital
party
it
would
have
been
,
and
what
capital
sport
we
should
have
had
!
And
I
need
not
have
been
away
for
more
than
a
month
or
perhaps
six
weeks
,
and
I
could
have
written
to
you
every
day
and
all
that
sort
of
thing
.
”
Lady
Joan
sighed
and
affected
to
recur
to
the
opened
volume
which
during
this
conversation
she
had
held
in
her
hand
.
“
I
wonder
where
Maud
is
,
”
said
Mr
Mountchesney
;
“
I
shall
want
her
to
ride
with
me
to-day
.
She
is
a
capital
horsewoman
,
and
always
amuses
me
.
As
you
cannot
ride
now
,
Joan
,
I
wish
you
would
let
Maud
have
Sunbeam
.
”
“
As
you
please
.
”
“
Well
I
am
going
to
the
stables
and
will
tell
them
.
Who
is
this
?
”
Mr
Mountchesney
exclaimed
,
and
then
walked
to
the
window
that
looking
over
the
park
showed
at
a
distance
the
advance
of
a
very
showy
equipage
.
Lady
Joan
looked
up
.
“
Come
here
,
Joan
,
and
tell
me
who
this
is
,
”
and
Lady
Joan
was
at
his
side
in
a
moment
.
“
It
is
the
livery
of
the
Bardolfs
,
”
said
Lady
Joan
.
“
I
always
call
them
Firebrace
;
I
cannot
get
out
of
it
,
”
said
Mr
Mountchesney
.
“
Well
,
I
am
glad
it
is
they
;
I
thought
it
might
be
an
irruption
of
barbarians
.
Lady
Bardolf
will
bring
us
some
news
.
”
Lord
and
Lady
Bardolf
were
not
alone
;
they
were
accompanied
by
a
gentleman
who
had
been
staying
on
a
visit
at
Firebrace
,
and
who
,
being
acquainted
with
Lord
de
Mowbray
,
had
paid
his
respects
to
the
castle
in
his
way
to
London
.
This
gentleman
was
the
individual
who
had
elevated
them
to
the
peerage
—
Mr
Hatton
.
A
considerable
intimacy
had
sprung
up
between
him
and
his
successful
clients
.
Firebrace
was
an
old
place
rebuilt
in
the
times
of
the
Tudors
,
but
with
something
of
its
more
ancient
portions
remaining
,
and
with
a
storehouse
of
muniments
that
had
escaped
the
civil
wars
.
Hatton
revelled
in
them
,
and
in
pursuing
his
researches
,
had
already
made
discoveries
which
might
perhaps
place
the
coronet
of
the
earldom
of
Lovel
on
the
brow
of
the
former
champion
of
the
baronetage
,
who
now
however
never
mentioned
the
Order
.
Lord
de
Mowbray
was
well
content
to
see
Mr
Hatton
,
a
gentleman
in
whom
he
did
not
repose
the
less
confidence
,
because
his
advice
given
him
three
years
ago
,
respecting
the
writ
of
right
and
the
claim
upon
his
estate
had
proved
so
discreet
and
correct
.
Acting
on
that
advice
Lord
de
Mowbray
had
instructed
his
lawyers
to
appear
to
the
action
without
entering
into
any
unnecessary
explanation
of
the
merits
of
his
case
.
He
counted
on
the
accuracy
of
Mr
Hatton’s
judgment
,
that
the
claim
would
not
be
pursued
;
and
he
was
right
;
after
some
fencing
and
preliminary
manoeuvring
,
the
claim
had
not
been
pursued
.
Lord
de
Mowbray
therefore
,
always
gracious
,
was
disposed
to
accord
a
very
distinguished
reception
to
his
confidential
counsellor
.
He
pressed
very
much
his
guests
to
remain
with
him
some
days
,
and
though
that
was
not
practicable
,
Mr
Hatton
promised
that
he
would
not
leave
the
neighbourhood
without
paying
another
visit
to
the
castle
.
“
And
you
continue
quiet
here
?
”
said
Mr
Hatton
to
Lord
de
Mowbray
.
“
And
I
am
told
we
shall
keep
so
,
”
said
Lord
de
Mowbray
.
“
The
mills
are
mostly
at
work
,
and
the
men
take
the
reduced
wages
in
a
good
spirit
.
The
fact
is
our
agitators
in
this
neighbourhood
suffered
pretty
smartly
in
‘39
,
and
the
Chartists
have
lost
their
influence
.
“
I
am
sorry
for
poor
Lady
St
Julians
,
”
said
Lady
Bardolf
to
Lady
de
Mowbray
.
“
It
must
be
such
a
disappointment
,
and
she
has
had
so
many
;
but
I
understand
there
is
nobody
to
blame
but
herself
.
If
she
had
only
left
the
Prince
alone
,
but
she
would
not
be
quiet
!
”
“
And
where
are
the
Deloraines
?
”
“
They
are
at
Munich
;
with
which
they
are
delighted
.
And
Lady
Deloraine
writes
me
that
Mr
Egremont
has
promised
to
join
them
there
.
If
he
do
,
they
mean
to
winter
at
Rome
.
”
“
Somebody
said
he
was
going
to
be
married
,
”
said
Lady
de
Mowbray
.
“
His
mother
wishes
him
to
marry
,
”
said
Lady
Bardolf
;
“
but
I
have
heard
nothing
.
”
Mr
Mountchesney
came
in
and
greeted
the
Bardolfs
with
some
warmth
.
“
How
delightful
in
the
country
in
August
to
meet
somebody
that
you
have
seen
in
London
in
June
!
”
he
exclaimed
.
“
Now
,
dear
Lady
Bardolf
do
tell
me
something
,
for
you
can
conceive
nothing
so
triste
as
we
are
here
.
We
never
get
a
letter
.
Joan
only
corresponds
with
philosophers
and
Maud
with
clergymen
;
and
none
of
my
friends
ever
write
to
me
.
”
“
Perhaps
you
never
write
to
them
?
”
“
Well
,
I
never
have
been
a
letter
writer
;
because
really
I
never
wanted
to
write
or
to
be
written
to
.
I
always
knew
what
was
going
on
because
I
was
on
the
spot
;
I
was
doing
the
things
that
people
were
writing
letters
about
—
but
now
not
being
in
the
world
any
longer
,
doing
nothing
,
living
in
the
country
—
and
the
country
in
August
—
I
should
like
to
receive
letters
every
day
,
but
I
do
not
know
who
to
fix
upon
as
a
correspondent
.
Eugene
de
Vere
will
not
write
,
Milford
cannot
;
and
as
for
Fitz-heron
he
is
so
very
selfish
,
he
always
wants
his
letters
answered
.
”
“
That
is
very
unreasonable
,
”
said
Lady
Bardolf
.
“
Besides
what
can
they
tell
me
at
this
moment
?
They
have
gone
to
the
Moors
and
are
enjoying
themselves
.
They
asked
me
to
go
with
them
,
but
I
could
not
go
,
because
you
see
I
could
not
leave
Joan
;
though
why
I
could
not
leave
her
,
I
really
cannot
understand
,
because
Egerton
has
got
some
moors
this
year
,
and
he
leaves
Lady
Augusta
with
her
father
.
”
Lady
Maud
entered
the
room
in
her
bonnet
,
returning
from
an
airing
.
She
was
all
animation
—
charmed
to
see
everybody
;
she
had
been
to
Mowbray
to
hear
some
singing
at
the
Roman
Catholic
chapel
in
that
town
;
a
service
had
been
performed
and
a
collection
made
for
the
suffering
workpeople
of
the
place
.
She
had
been
apprised
of
it
for
some
days
,
was
told
that
she
would
hear
the
most
beautiful
voice
that
she
had
ever
listened
to
,
but
it
had
far
exceeded
her
expectations
.
A
female
voice
it
seemed
;
no
tones
could
be
conceived
more
tender
and
yet
more
thrilling
:
in
short
seraphic
.
Mr
Mountchesney
blamed
her
for
not
taking
him
.
He
liked
music
,
singing
,
especially
female
singing
;
when
there
was
so
little
to
amuse
him
,
he
was
surprised
that
Lady
Maud
had
not
been
careful
that
he
should
have
been
present
.
His
sister-in-law
reminded
him
that
she
had
particularly
requested
him
to
drive
her
over
to
Mowbray
,
and
he
had
declined
the
honour
as
a
bore
.
“
Yes
,
”
said
Mr
Mountchesney
,
“
but
I
thought
Joan
was
going
with
you
,
and
that
you
would
be
shopping
.
”
“
It
was
a
good
thing
our
House
was
adjourned
before
these
disturbances
in
Lancashire
,
”
said
Lord
Bardolf
to
Lord
de
Mowbray
.
“
The
best
thing
we
can
all
do
is
to
be
on
our
estates
I
believe
,
”
said
Lord
de
Mowbray
.
“
My
neighbour
Marney
is
in
a
great
state
of
excitement
,
”
said
Lord
Bardolf
;
“
all
his
yeomanry
out
.
”
“
But
he
is
quiet
at
Marney
?
”
“
In
a
way
;
but
these
fires
puzzle
us
.
Marney
will
not
believe
that
the
condition
of
the
labourer
has
anything
to
do
with
them
;
and
he
certainly
is
a
very
acute
man
.
But
still
I
don’t
know
what
to
say
to
it
.
The
poor-law
is
very
unpopular
in
my
parish
.
Marney
will
have
it
,
that
the
incendiaries
are
all
strangers
hired
by
the
anti-Corn-law
League
.
”
“
Ah
!
here
is
Lady
Joan
,
”
exclaimed
Lady
Bardolf
,
as
the
wife
of
Mr
Mountchesney
entered
the
room
;
“
My
dearest
Lady
Joan
!
”
“
Why
Joan
,
”
said
Mr
Mountchesney
,
“
Maud
has
been
to
Mowbray
,
and
heard
the
most
delicious
singing
.
Why
did
we
not
go
?
”
“
I
did
mention
it
to
you
,
Alfred
.
”
“
I
remember
you
said
something
about
going
to
Mowbray
,
and
that
you
wanted
to
go
to
several
places
.
But
there
is
nothing
I
hate
so
much
as
shopping
.
It
bores
me
more
than
anything
.
And
you
are
so
peculiarly
long
when
you
are
shopping
.
But
singing
,
and
beautiful
singing
in
a
Catholic
chapel
by
a
woman
;
perhaps
a
beautiful
woman
,
that
is
quite
a
different
thing
,
and
I
should
have
been
amused
,
which
nobody
seems
ever
to
think
of
here
.
I
do
not
know
how
you
find
it
,
Lady
Bardolf
,
but
the
country
to
me
in
August
is
a
something
;
”
—
and
not
finishing
his
sentence
,
Mr
Mountchesney
gave
a
look
of
inexpressible
despair
.
“
And
you
did
not
see
this
singer
?
”
said
Mr
Hatton
,
sidling
up
to
Lady
Maud
,
and
speaking
in
a
subdued
tone
.
“
I
did
not
,
but
they
tell
me
she
is
most
beautiful
;
something
extraordinary
;
I
tried
to
see
her
,
but
it
was
impossible
.
”
“
Is
she
a
professional
singer
?
”
“
I
should
imagine
not
;
a
daughter
of
one
of
the
Mowbray
people
I
believe
.
”
“
Let
us
have
her
over
to
the
Castle
,
Lady
de
Mowbray
,
”
said
Mr
Mountchesney
.
“
If
you
like
,
”
replied
Lady
de
Mowbray
,
with
a
languid
smile
.
“
Well
at
last
I
have
got
something
to
do
,
”
said
Mr
Mountchesney
.
“
I
will
ride
over
to
Mowbray
,
find
out
the
beautiful
singer
,
and
bring
her
to
the
Castle
.
”
CHAPTER
V.
The
beam
of
the
declining
sun
,
softened
by
the
stained
panes
of
a
small
gothic
window
,
suffused
the
chamber
of
the
Lady
Superior
of
the
convent
of
Mowbray
.
The
vaulted
room
,
of
very
moderate
dimensions
,
was
furnished
with
great
simplicity
and
opened
into
a
small
oratory
.
On
a
table
were
several
volumes
,
an
ebon
cross
was
fixed
in
a
niche
,
and
leaning
in
a
high-backed
chair
,
sate
Ursula
Trafford
.
Her
pale
and
refined
complexion
that
in
her
youth
had
been
distinguished
for
its
lustre
,
became
her
spiritual
office
;
and
indeed
her
whole
countenance
,
the
delicate
brow
,
the
serene
glance
,
the
small
aquiline
nose
,
and
the
well-shaped
mouth
,
firm
and
yet
benignant
,
betokened
the
celestial
soul
that
habited
that
gracious
frame
.
The
Lady
Superior
was
not
alone
;
on
a
low
seat
by
her
side
,
holding
her
hand
,
and
looking
up
into
her
face
with
a
glance
of
reverential
sympathy
,
was
a
maiden
over
whose
head
five
summers
have
revolved
since
first
her
girlhood
broke
upon
our
sight
amid
the
ruins
of
Marney
Abbey
,
five
summers
that
have
realized
the
matchless
promise
of
her
charms
,
and
while
they
have
added
something
to
her
stature
have
robbed
it
of
nothing
of
its
grace
,
and
have
rather
steadied
the
blaze
of
her
beauty
than
diminished
its
radiance
.
“
Yes
,
I
mourn
over
them
,
”
said
Sybil
,
“
the
deep
convictions
that
made
me
look
forward
to
the
cloister
as
my
home
.
Is
it
that
the
world
has
assoiled
my
soul
?
Yet
I
have
not
tasted
of
worldly
joys
;
all
that
I
have
known
of
it
has
been
suffering
and
tears
.
They
will
return
,
these
visions
of
my
sacred
youth
,
dear
friend
,
tell
me
that
they
will
return
!
”
“
I
too
have
had
visions
in
my
youth
,
Sybil
,
and
not
of
the
cloister
,
yet
am
I
here
.
”
“
And
what
should
I
infer
?
”
said
Sybil
enquiringly
.
“
That
my
visions
were
of
the
world
,
and
brought
me
to
the
cloister
,
and
that
yours
were
of
the
cloister
and
have
brought
you
to
the
world
.
”
“
My
heart
is
sad
,
”
said
Sybil
,
“
and
the
sad
should
seek
the
shade
.
”
“
It
is
troubled
,
my
child
,
rather
than
sorrowful
.
”
Sybil
shook
her
head
.
“
Yes
,
my
child
,
”
said
Ursula
,
“
the
world
has
taught
you
that
there
are
affections
which
the
cloister
can
neither
satisfy
nor
supply
.
Ah
!
Sybil
,
I
too
have
loved
.
”
The
blood
rose
to
the
cheek
of
Sybil
,
and
then
returned
as
quickly
to
the
heart
;
her
trembling
hand
pressed
that
of
Ursula
as
she
sighed
and
murmured
,
“
No
,
no
,
no.
”
“
Yes
,
it
is
his
spirit
that
hovers
over
your
life
,
Sybil
;
and
in
vain
you
would
forget
what
haunts
your
heart
.
One
not
less
gifted
than
him
;
as
good
,
as
gentle
,
as
gracious
;
once
too
breathed
in
my
ear
the
accents
of
joy
.
He
was
,
like
myself
,
the
child
of
an
old
house
,
and
Nature
had
invested
him
with
every
quality
that
can
dazzle
and
can
charm
.
But
his
heart
was
as
pure
,
and
his
soul
as
lofty
,
as
his
intellect
and
frame
were
bright
,
—
”
and
Ursula
paused
.
Sybil
pressed
the
hand
of
Ursula
to
her
lips
and
whispered
,
“
Speak
on
.
”
“
The
dreams
of
by-gone
days
,
”
continued
Ursula
in
a
voice
of
emotion
,
“
the
wild
sorrows
than
I
can
recall
,
and
yet
feel
that
I
was
wisely
chastened
.
He
was
stricken
in
his
virtuous
pride
,
the
day
before
he
was
to
have
led
me
to
that
altar
where
alone
I
found
the
consolation
that
never
fails
.
And
thus
closed
some
years
of
human
love
,
my
Sybil
,
”
said
Ursula
,
bending
forward
and
embracing
her
.
“
The
world
for
a
season
crossed
their
fair
current
,
and
a
power
greater
than
the
world
forbade
their
banns
;
but
they
are
hallowed
;
memory
is
my
sympathy
;
it
is
soft
and
free
,
and
when
he
came
here
to
enquire
after
you
,
his
presence
and
agitated
heart
recalled
the
past
.
”
“
It
is
too
wild
a
thought
,
”
said
Sybil
,
“
ruin
to
him
,
ruin
to
all
.
No
,
we
are
severed
by
a
fate
as
uncontrollable
as
severed
you
dear
friend
;
ours
is
a
living
death
.
”
“
The
morrow
is
unforeseen
,
”
said
Ursula
.
“
Happy
indeed
would
it
be
for
me
,
my
Sybil
,
that
your
innocence
should
be
enshrined
within
these
holy
walls
,
and
that
the
pupil
of
my
best
years
,
and
the
friend
of
my
serene
life
,
should
be
my
successor
in
this
house
.
But
I
feel
a
deep
persuasion
that
the
hour
has
not
arrived
for
you
to
take
the
step
that
never
can
be
recalled
.
”
So
saying
,
Ursula
embraced
and
dismissed
Sybil
;
for
the
conversation
,
the
last
passages
of
which
we
have
given
,
had
Occurred
when
Sybil
according
to
her
wont
on
Saturday
afternoon
had
come
to
request
the
permission
of
the
Lady
Superior
to
visit
her
father
.
It
was
in
a
tolerably
spacious
and
not
discomfortable
chamber
,
the
first
floor
over
the
printing-office
of
the
Mowbray
Phalanx
,
that
Gerard
had
found
a
temporary
home
.
He
had
not
long
returned
from
his
factory
,
and
pacing
the
chamber
with
a
disturbed
step
,
he
awaited
the
expected
arrival
of
his
daughter
.
She
came
;
the
faithful
step
,
the
well-known
knock
;
the
father
and
the
daughter
embraced
;
he
pressed
to
his
heart
the
child
who
had
clung
to
him
through
so
many
trials
,
and
who
had
softened
so
many
sorrows
,
who
had
been
the
visiting
angel
in
his
cell
,
and
whose
devotion
had
led
captivity
captive
.
Their
meetings
,
though
regular
,
were
now
comparatively
rare
.
The
sacred
day
united
them
,
and
sometimes
for
a
short
period
the
previous
afternoon
,
but
otherwise
the
cheerful
hearth
and
welcome
home
were
no
longer
for
Gerard
.
And
would
the
future
bring
them
to
him
?
And
what
was
to
be
the
future
of
his
child
?
His
mind
vacillated
between
the
convent
of
which
she
now
seldom
spoke
,
and
which
with
him
was
never
a
cherished
idea
,
and
those
dreams
of
restored
and
splendid
fortunes
which
his
sanguine
temperament
still
whispered
him
,
in
spite
of
hope
so
long
deferred
and
expectations
so
often
baulked
,
might
yet
be
realized
.
And
sometimes
between
these
opposing
visions
,
there
rose
a
third
and
more
practical
,
though
less
picturesque
result
,
the
idea
of
her
marriage
.
And
with
whom
?
It
was
impossible
that
one
so
rarely
gifted
and
educated
with
so
much
daintiness
,
could
ever
make
a
wife
of
the
people
.
Hatton
offered
wealth
,
but
Sybil
had
never
seemed
to
comprehend
his
hopes
,
and
Gerard
felt
that
their
ill-assorted
ages
was
a
great
barrier
.
There
was
of
all
the
men
of
his
own
order
but
one
,
who
from
his
years
,
his
great
qualities
,
his
sympathy
,
and
the
nature
of
his
toil
and
means
,
seemed
not
unfitted
to
be
the
husband
of
his
daughter
;
and
often
had
Gerard
mused
over
the
possibility
of
these
intimate
ties
with
Morley
.
Sybil
had
been
,
as
it
were
,
bred
up
under
his
eye
;
an
affection
had
always
subsisted
between
them
,
and
he
knew
well
that
in
former
days
Sybil
had
appreciated
and
admired
the
great
talents
and
acquirements
of
their
friend
.
At
one
period
he
almost
suspected
that
Morley
was
attached
to
her
.
And
yet
,
from
causes
which
he
had
never
attempted
to
penetrate
,
probably
from
a
combination
of
unintentional
circumstances
,
Sybil
and
Morley
had
for
the
last
two
or
three
years
been
thrown
little
together
,
and
their
intimacy
had
entirely
died
away
.
To
Gerard
it
seemed
that
Morley
had
ever
proved
his
faithful
friend
:
Morley
had
originally
dissuaded
him
with
energy
against
that
course
which
had
led
to
his
discomfiture
and
punishment
;
when
arrested
,
his
former
colleague
was
his
bail
,
was
his
companion
and
adviser
during
his
trial
;
had
endeavoured
to
alleviate
his
imprisonment
;
and
on
his
release
had
offered
to
share
his
means
with
Gerard
,
and
when
these
were
refused
,
he
at
least
supplied
Gerard
with
a
roof
.
And
yet
with
all
this
,
that
abandonment
of
heart
and
brain
,
and
deep
sympathy
with
every
domestic
thought
that
characterized
old
days
,
was
somehow
or
other
wanting
.
There
was
on
the
part
of
Morley
still
devotion
,
but
there
was
reserve
.
“
You
are
troubled
,
my
father
,
”
said
Sybil
,
as
Gerard
continued
to
pace
the
chamber
.
“
Only
a
little
restless
.
I
am
thinking
what
a
mistake
it
was
to
have
moved
in
‘39
.
”
Sybil
sighed
.
“
Ah
!
you
were
right
,
Sybil
,
”
continued
Gerard
;
“
affairs
were
not
ripe
.
We
should
have
waited
three
years
.
”
“
Three
years
!
”
exclaimed
Sybil
,
starting
;
“
are
affairs
riper
now
?
”
“
The
whole
of
Lancashire
is
in
revolt
,
”
said
Gerard
.
“
There
is
not
a
sufficient
force
to
keep
them
in
check
.
If
the
miners
and
colliers
rise
,
and
I
have
cause
to
believe
that
it
is
more
than
probable
they
will
move
before
many
days
are
past
,
—
the
game
is
up
.
”
“
You
terrify
me
,
”
said
Sybil
.
“
On
the
Contrary
,
”
said
Gerard
,
smiling
,
“
the
news
is
good
enough
;
I’ll
not
say
too
good
to
be
true
,
for
I
had
it
from
one
of
the
old
delegates
who
is
over
here
to
see
what
can
be
done
in
our
north
countree
.
”
“
Yes
,
”
said
Sybil
inquiringly
,
and
leading
on
her
father
.
“
He
came
to
the
works
;
we
had
some
talk
.
There
are
to
be
no
leaders
this
time
,
at
least
no
visible
ones
.
The
people
will
do
it
themselves
.
All
the
children
of
Labour
are
to
rise
on
the
same
day
,
and
to
toil
no
more
,
till
they
have
their
rights
.
No
violence
,
no
bloodshed
,
but
toil
halts
,
and
then
our
oppressors
will
learn
the
great
economical
truth
as
well
as
moral
lesson
,
that
when
Toil
plays
Wealth
ceases
.
”
“
When
Toil
ceases
the
People
suffer
,
”
said
Sybil
.
“
That
is
the
only
truth
that
we
have
learnt
,
and
it
is
a
bitter
one
.
”
“
Can
we
be
free
without
suffering
,
”
said
Gerard
.
“
Is
the
greatest
of
human
blessings
to
be
obtained
as
a
matter
of
course
;
to
be
plucked
like
fruit
,
or
seized
like
a
running
stream
?
No
,
no
:
we
must
suffer
,
but
we
are
wiser
than
of
yore
,
—
we
will
not
conspire
.
Conspiracies
are
for
aristocrats
,
not
for
nations
.
”
“
Alas
,
alas
!
I
see
nothing
but
woe
,
”
said
Sybil
.
“
I
cannot
believe
that
after
all
that
has
passed
,
the
people
here
will
move
:
I
cannot
believe
that
after
all
that
has
passed
,
all
that
you
,
that
we
,
have
endured
,
that
you
,
my
father
,
will
counsel
them
to
move
.
”
“
I
counsel
nothing
,
”
said
Gerard
.
“
It
must
be
a
great
national
instinct
that
does
it
:
but
if
all
England
,
if
Wales
,
if
Scotland
won’t
work
,
is
Mowbray
to
have
a
monopoly
?
”
“
Ah
!
that’s
a
bitter
jest
,
”
said
Sybil
.
“
England
,
Wales
,
Scotland
will
be
forced
to
work
as
they
were
forced
before
.
How
can
they
subsist
without
labour
?
And
if
they
could
,
there
is
an
organised
power
that
will
subdue
them
.
”
“
The
Benefit
Societies
,
the
Sick
and
Burial
Clubs
,
have
money
in
the
banks
that
would
maintain
the
whole
working
classes
,
with
aid
in
kind
that
will
come
,
for
six
weeks
,
and
that
will
do
the
business
.
And
as
for
force
,
why
there
are
not
five
soldiers
to
each
town
in
the
kingdom
.
It’s
a
glittering
bugbear
this
fear
of
the
military
;
simultaneous
strikes
would
baffle
all
the
armies
in
Europe
.
”
“
I’ll
go
back
and
pray
that
all
this
is
wild
talk
,
”
said
Sybil
earnestly
.
“
After
all
that
has
passed
,
were
it
only
for
your
child
,
you
should
not
speak
,
much
less
think
,
this
,
my
father
.
What
havoc
to
our
hearts
and
homes
has
been
all
this
madness
!
It
has
separated
us
;
it
has
destroyed
our
happy
home
;
it
has
done
more
than
this
—
”
and
here
she
wept
.
“
Nay
,
nay
,
my
child
,
”
said
Gerard
,
coming
up
and
soothing
her
;
“
one
cannot
weigh
one’s
words
before
those
we
love
.
I
can’t
hear
of
the
people
moving
with
coldness
—
that’s
out
of
nature
;
but
I
promise
you
I’ll
not
stimulate
the
lads
here
.
I
am
told
they
are
little
inclined
to
stir
.
You
found
me
in
a
moment
of
what
I
must
call
I
suppose
elation
;
but
I
hear
they
beat
the
red-coats
and
police
at
Staley
Bridge
,
and
that
pricked
my
blood
a
bit
.
I
have
been
ridden
down
before
this
when
I
was
a
lad
,
Sybil
,
by
Yeomanry
hoofs
.
You
must
allow
a
little
for
my
feelings
.
”
She
extended
her
lips
to
the
proffered
embrace
of
her
father
.
He
blessed
her
and
pressed
her
to
his
heart
,
and
soothed
her
apprehensions
with
many
words
of
softness
.
There
was
a
knock
at
the
door
.
“
Come
in
,
”
said
Gerard
.
And
there
came
in
Mr
Hatton
.
They
had
not
met
since
Gerard’s
release
from
York
Castle
.
There
Hatton
had
visited
him
,
had
exercised
his
influence
to
remedy
his
grievances
,
and
had
more
than
once
offered
him
the
means
of
maintenance
on
receiving
his
freedom
.
There
were
moments
of
despondency
when
Gerard
had
almost
wished
that
the
esteem
and
regard
with
which
Sybil
looked
upon
Hatton
might
have
matured
into
sentiments
of
a
deeper
nature
;
but
on
this
subject
the
father
had
never
breathed
a
word
.
Nor
had
Hatton
,
except
to
Gerard
,
ever
intimated
his
wishes
,
for
we
could
scarcely
call
them
hopes
.
He
was
a
silent
suitor
of
Sybil
,
watching
opportunities
and
ready
to
avail
himself
of
circumstances
which
he
worshipped
.
His
sanguine
disposition
,
fed
by
a
very
suggestive
and
inventive
mind
,
and
stimulated
by
success
and
a
prosperous
life
,
sustained
him
always
to
the
last
.
Hatton
always
believed
that
everything
desirable
must
happen
if
a
man
had
energy
and
watched
circumstances
.
He
had
confidence
too
in
the
influence
of
his
really
insinuating
manner
;
his
fine
taste
,
his
tender
tone
,
his
ready
sympathy
,
all
which
masked
his
daring
courage
and
absolute
recklessness
of
means
.
There
were
general
greetings
of
the
greatest
warmth
.
The
eyes
of
Hatton
were
suffused
with
tears
as
he
congratulated
Gerard
on
his
restored
health
,
and
pressed
Sybil’s
hand
with
the
affection
of
an
old
friend
between
both
his
own
.
“
I
was
down
in
this
part
of
the
world
on
business
,
”
said
Hatton
,
“
and
thought
I
would
come
over
here
for
a
day
to
find
you
all
out
.
”
And
then
after
some
general
conversation
he
said
“
And
where
do
you
think
I
accidentally
paid
a
visit
a
day
or
two
back
?
At
Mowbray
Castle
.
I
see
you
are
surprised
.
I
saw
all
your
friends
.
I
did
not
ask
his
Lordship
how
the
writ
of
right
went
on
.
I
dare
say
he
thinks
‘tis
all
hushed
.
But
he
is
mistaken
.
I
have
learnt
something
which
may
help
us
over
the
stile
yet
.
”
“
Well-a-day
,
”
said
Gerard
,
“
I
once
thought
if
I
could
get
back
the
lands
the
people
would
at
last
have
a
friend
;
but
that’s
past
.
I
have
been
a
dreamer
of
dreams
often
when
I
was
overlooking
them
at
work
.
And
so
we
all
have
I
suppose
.
I
would
willingly
give
up
my
claim
if
I
could
be
sure
the
Lancashire
lads
will
not
come
to
harm
this
bout
.
”
“
‘Tis
a
more
serious
business
,
”
said
Hatton
,
“
than
any
thing
of
the
kind
that
has
yet
happened
.
The
government
are
much
alarmed
.
They
talk
of
sending
the
Guards
down
into
the
north
,
and
bringing
over
troops
from
Ireland
.
”
“
Poor
Ireland
!
”
said
Gerard
.
“
Well
,
I
think
the
frieze-coats
might
give
us
a
helping
hand
now
,
and
employ
the
troops
at
least
.
”
“
No
,
my
dear
father
,
say
not
such
things
.
”
“
Sybil
will
not
let
me
think
of
these
matters
friend
Hatton
,
”
said
Gerard
smiling
.
“
Well
,
I
suppose
it’s
not
in
my
way
,
at
least
I
certainly
did
not
make
the
best
hand
of
it
in
‘39
;
but
it
was
London
that
got
me
into
that
scrape
.
I
cannot
help
fancying
that
were
I
on
our
Moors
here
a
bit
with
some
good
lads
it
might
be
different
,
and
I
must
say
so
,
I
must
indeed
,
Sybil
.
”
“
But
you
are
very
quiet
here
I
hope
,
”
said
Hatton
.
“
Oh
!
yes
,
”
said
Gerard
,
“
I
believe
our
spirit
is
sufficiently
broken
at
Mowbray
.
Wages
weekly
dropping
,
and
just
work
enough
to
hinder
sheer
idleness
;
that
sort
of
thing
keeps
the
people
in
very
humble
trim
.
But
wait
a
bit
,
and
when
they
have
reached
the
starvation
point
I
fancy
we
shall
hear
a
murmur
.
”
“
I
remember
our
friend
Morley
in
‘39
,
when
we
returned
from
London
,
gave
me
a
very
good
character
of
the
disposition
of
the
people
here
,
”
said
Hatton
;
“
I
hope
it
continues
the
same
.
He
feared
no
outbreak
then
,
and
the
distress
in
‘39
was
severe
.
”
“
Well
,
”
said
Gerard
,
“
the
wages
have
been
dropping
ever
since
.
The
people
exist
,
but
you
can
scarcely
say
they
live
.
But
they
are
cowed
I
fancy
.
An
empty
belly
is
sometimes
as
apt
to
dull
the
heart
as
inflame
the
courage
.
And
then
they
have
lost
their
leaders
,
for
I
was
away
you
see
,
and
have
been
quiet
enough
since
I
came
out
;
and
Warner
is
broken
:
he
has
suffered
more
from
his
time
than
I
did
;
which
is
strange
,
for
he
had
his
pursuits
;
whereas
I
was
restless
enough
,
and
that’s
the
truth
,
and
had
it
not
been
for
Sybil’s
daily
visit
I
think
,
though
I
may
never
be
allowed
to
live
in
a
castle
,
I
should
certainly
have
died
in
one
.
”
“
And
how
is
Morley
?
”
“
Right
well
;
the
same
as
you
left
him
:
I
saw
not
a
straw’s
change
when
I
came
out
.
His
paper
spreads
.
He
still
preaches
moral
force
,
and
believes
that
we
shall
all
end
in
living
in
communities
.
But
as
the
only
community
of
which
I
have
personal
experience
is
a
gaol
,
I
am
not
much
more
inclined
to
his
theory
than
heretofore
.
”
CHAPTER
VI
.
The
reader
may
not
have
altogether
forgotten
Mr
Nixon
and
his
comates
,
the
miners
and
colliers
of
that
district
not
very
remote
from
Mowbray
,
which
Morley
had
visited
at
the
commencement
of
this
history
,
in
order
to
make
fruitless
researches
after
a
gentleman
whom
he
subsequently
so
unexpectedly
stumbled
upon
.
Affairs
were
as
little
flourishing
in
that
region
as
at
Mowbray
itself
,
and
the
distress
fell
upon
a
population
less
accustomed
to
suffering
and
whose
spirit
was
not
daunted
by
the
recent
discomfiture
and
punishment
of
their
leaders
.
“
It
can’t
last
,
”
said
Master
Nixon
as
he
took
his
pipe
from
his
mouth
at
the
Rising
Sun
.
He
was
responded
to
by
a
general
groan
.
“
It
comes
to
this
,
”
he
continued
,
“
Natur
has
her
laws
,
and
this
is
one
;
a
fair
day’s
wage
for
a
fair
day’s
work
.
”
“
I
wish
you
may
get
it
,
”
said
Juggins
,
“
with
a
harder
stint
every
week
and
a
shilling
a
day
knocked
off
.
”
“
And
what’s
to
come
to-morrow
?
”
said
Waghorn
.
“
The
butty
has
given
notice
to
quit
in
Parker’s
field
this
day
se’nnight
.
Simmons
won’t
drop
wages
,
but
works
half
time
.
”
“
The
boys
will
be
at
play
afore
long
,
”
said
a
collier
.
“
Hush
!
”
said
Master
Nixon
with
a
reproving
glance
,
“
play
is
a
very
serious
word
.
The
boys
are
not
to
go
to
play
as
they
used
to
do
without
by
your
leave
or
with
your
leave
.
We
must
appoint
a
committee
to
consider
the
question
and
we
must
communicate
with
the
other
trades
.
”
“
You’re
the
man
,
Master
Nixon
,
to
choose
for
churchwarden
,
”
replied
the
reproved
miner
with
a
glance
of
admiration
.
“
What
is
Diggs
doing
?
”
said
Master
Nixon
in
a
solemn
tone
.
“
A-dropping
wages
and
a-raising
tommy
like
fun
,
”
said
Master
Waghorn
.
“
There
is
a
great
stir
in
Hell-house
yard
,
”
said
a
miner
who
entered
the
tap
room
at
this
moment
,
much
excited
.
“
They
say
that
all
the
workshops
will
be
shut
to-morrow
;
not
an
order
for
a
month
past
.
They
have
got
a
top-sawyer
from
London
there
who
addresses
them
every
evening
,
and
says
that
we
have
a
right
to
four
shillings
a
day
wages
,
eight
hours’
work
and
two
pots
of
ale
.
”
“
A
fair
day’s
wage
for
a
fair
day’s
work
,
”
said
Master
Nixon
.
“
I
would
not
stickle
about
hours
,
but
the
money
and
the
drink
are
very
just
.
”
“
If
Hell-house
yard
is
astir
,
”
said
Waghorn
,
“
there
will
be
a
good
deal
to
be
seen
yet
.
”
“
It’s
grave
,
”
said
Master
Nixon
.
“
What
think
you
of
a
deputation
there
?
It
might
come
to
good
.
”
“
I
should
like
to
hear
the
top-sawyer
from
London
,
”
said
Juggins
.
“
We
had
a
Chartist
here
the
other
day
,
but
he
did
not
understand
our
case
at
all
.
”
“
I
heard
him
,
”
said
Master
Nixon
,
“
but
what’s
his
Five
Points
to
us
?
Why
he
ayn’t
got
tommy
among
them
.
”
“
Nor
long
stints
,
”
said
Waghorn
.
“
Nor
butties
,
”
said
Juggins
.
“
He’s
a
pretty
fellow
to
come
and
talk
to
us
,
”
said
a
collier
.
“
He
had
never
been
down
a
pit
in
all
his
life
.
”
The
evening
passed
away
in
the
tap
room
of
the
Rising
Sun
in
reflections
on
the
present
critical
state
of
affairs
and
in
consultations
as
to
the
most
expedient
course
for
the
future
.
The
rate
of
wages
which
for
several
years
in
this
district
had
undergone
a
continuous
depression
,
had
just
received
another
downward
impulse
and
was
threatened
with
still
further
reduction
,
for
the
price
of
iron
became
every
day
lower
in
the
market
,
and
the
article
itself
so
little
in
demand
that
few
but
the
great
capitalists
who
could
afford
to
accumulate
their
produce
were
able
to
maintain
their
furnaces
in
action
.
The
little
men
who
still
continued
their
speculations
could
only
do
so
partially
,
by
diminishing
the
days
of
service
and
increasing
their
stints
or
toil
and
by
decreasing
the
rate
of
wages
as
well
as
paying
them
entirely
in
goods
,
of
which
they
had
a
great
stock
and
of
which
they
thus
relieved
themselves
at
a
high
profit
.
Add
to
all
these
causes
of
suffering
and
discontent
among
the
workmen
the
apprehension
of
still
greater
evils
and
the
tyranny
of
the
butties
or
middlemen
,
and
it
will
with
little
difficulty
be
felt
that
the
public
mind
of
this
district
was
well-prepared
for
the
excitement
of
the
political
agitator
,
especially
if
he
were
discreet
enough
rather
to
descant
on
their
physical
sufferings
and
personal
injuries
than
to
attempt
the
propagation
of
abstract
political
principles
,
with
which
it
was
impossible
for
them
to
sympathise
with
the
impulse
and
facility
of
the
inhabitants
of
manufacturing
towns
,
members
of
literary
and
scientific
institutes
,
habitual
readers
of
political
journals
and
accustomed
to
habits
of
discussion
of
all
public
questions
.
It
generally
happens
however
that
where
a
mere
physical
impulse
urges
the
people
to
insurrection
,
though
it
is
often
an
influence
of
slow
growth
and
movement
,
the
effects
are
more
violent
and
sometimes
more
obstinate
than
when
they
move
under
the
blended
authority
of
moral
and
physical
necessity
,
and
mix
up
together
the
rights
and
the
wants
of
Man
.
However
this
may
be
,
on
the
morning
after
the
conversation
at
the
Rising
Sun
which
we
have
just
noticed
,
the
population
having
as
usual
gone
to
their
work
,
having
penetrated
the
pit
and
descended
the
shaft
,
the
furnaces
all
blazing
,
the
chimneys
all
smoking
,
—
suddenly
there
rose
a
rumour
even
in
the
bowels
of
the
earth
,
that
the
hour
and
the
man
had
at
length
arrived
;
the
hour
that
was
to
bring
them
relief
and
the
man
that
was
to
bear
them
redress
.
“
My
missus
told
it
me
at
the
pit-head
when
she
brought
me
my
breakfast
,
”
said
a
pikeman
to
his
comrade
,
and
he
struck
a
vigorous
blow
at
the
broadseam
on
which
he
was
working
.
“
It
is
not
ten
mile
,
”
said
his
companion
.
“
They’ll
be
here
by
noon
.
”
“
There
is
a
good
deal
to
do
in
their
way
,
”
said
the
first
pikeman
.
“
All
men
at
work
after
notice
to
be
ducked
,
they
say
,
and
every
engine
to
be
stopped
forthwith
.
”
“
Will
the
police
meet
them
before
they
reach
this
?
”
“
There
is
none
:
my
missus
says
that
not
a
man
John
of
them
is
to
be
seen
.
The
Hell-cats
as
they
call
themselves
halt
at
every
town
and
offer
fifty
pounds
for
a
live
policeman
.
”
“
I’ll
tell
you
what
,
”
said
the
second
pikeman
.
“
I’ll
stop
my
stint
and
go
up
the
shaft
.
My
heart’s
all
of
a
flutter
,
I
can’t
work
no
more
.
We’ll
have
a
fair
day’s
wage
for
a
fair
day’s
work
yet
.
”
“
Come
along
,
I’m
your
man
;
if
the
doggy
stop
us
,
we’ll
knock
him
down
.
The
People
must
have
their
rights
;
we’re
driven
to
this
,
but
if
one
shilling
a
day
is
dropped
,
why
not
two
?
”
“
Very
true
;
the
People
must
have
their
rights
,
and
eight
hours’
work
is
quite
enough
.
”
In
the
light
of
day
,
the
two
miners
soon
learnt
in
more
detail
the
news
which
the
wife
of
one
of
them
earlier
in
the
morning
had
given
as
a
rumour
.
There
seemed
now
no
doubt
that
the
people
of
Wodgate
,
commonly
called
the
Hell-cats
,
headed
by
their
Bishop
,
had
invaded
in
great
force
the
surrounding
district
,
stopped
all
the
engines
,
turned
all
the
potters
out
of
the
manufactories
,
met
with
no
resistance
from
the
authorities
,
and
issued
a
decree
that
labour
was
to
cease
until
the
Charter
was
the
law
of
the
land
.
This
last
edict
was
not
the
least
surprising
part
of
the
whole
affair
;
for
no
one
could
have
imagined
that
the
Bishop
or
any
of
his
subjects
had
ever
even
heard
of
the
Charter
,
much
less
that
they
could
by
any
circumstances
comprehend
its
nature
,
or
by
any
means
be
induced
to
believe
that
its
operation
would
further
their
interests
or
redress
their
grievances
.
But
all
this
had
been
brought
about
,
as
most
of
the
great
events
of
history
,
by
the
unexpected
and
unobserved
influence
of
individual
character
.
A
Chartist
leader
had
been
residing
for
some
time
at
Wodgate
,
ever
since
the
distress
had
become
severe
,
and
had
obtained
great
influence
and
popularity
by
assuring
a
suffering
and
half-starving
population
,
that
they
were
entitled
to
four
shillings
a
day
and
two
pots
of
ale
,
and
only
eight
hours’
work
.
He
was
a
man
of
abilities
and
of
popular
eloquence
,
and
his
representations
produced
an
effect
;
their
reception
invested
him
with
influence
,
and
as
he
addressed
a
population
who
required
excitement
,
being
very
slightly
employed
and
with
few
resources
for
their
vacant
hours
,
the
Chartist
who
was
careful
never
to
speak
of
the
Charter
became
an
important
personage
at
Wodgate
,
and
was
much
patronized
by
Bishop
Hatton
and
his
Lady
,
whose
good
offices
he
was
sedulous
to
conciliate
.
At
the
right
moment
,
everything
being
ripe
and
well
prepared
,
the
Bishop
being
very
drunk
and
harassed
by
the
complaints
of
his
subjects
,
the
Chartist
revealed
to
him
the
mysteries
of
the
Charter
,
and
persuaded
him
not
only
that
the
Five
Points
would
cure
everything
,
but
that
he
was
the
only
man
who
could
carry
the
Five
Points
.
The
Bishop
had
nothing
to
do
;
he
was
making
a
lock
merely
for
amusement
;
he
required
action
;
he
embraced
the
Charter
,
without
having
a
definite
idea
what
it
meant
,
but
he
embraced
it
fervently
,
and
he
determined
to
march
into
the
country
at
the
head
of
the
population
of
Wodgate
,
and
establish
the
faith
.
Since
the
conversion
of
Constantine
,
a
more
important
adoption
had
never
occurred
.
The
whole
of
the
north
of
England
,
and
a
great
part
of
the
midland
counties
were
in
a
state
of
disaffection
;
the
entire
country
was
suffering
;
hope
had
deserted
the
labouring
classes
;
they
had
no
confidence
in
any
future
of
the
existing
system
.
Their
organisation
,
independent
of
the
political
system
of
the
Chartists
,
was
complete
.
Every
trade
had
its
union
,
and
every
union
its
lodge
in
every
town
,
and
its
central
committee
in
every
district
.
All
that
was
required
was
the
first
move
,
and
the
Chartist
emissary
had
long
fixed
upon
Wodgate
as
the
spring
of
the
explosion
,
when
the
news
of
the
strike
in
Lancashire
determined
him
to
precipitate
the
event
.
The
march
of
Bishop
Hatton
at
the
head
of
the
Hell-cats
into
the
mining
districts
was
perhaps
the
most
striking
popular
movement
since
the
Pilgrimage
of
Grace
.
Mounted
on
a
white
mule
,
wall-eyed
and
of
hideous
form
,
the
Bishop
brandished
a
huge
hammer
with
which
he
had
announced
he
would
destroy
the
enemies
of
the
people
:
all
butties
,
doggies
,
dealers
in
truck
and
tommy
,
middle
masters
and
main
masters
.
Some
thousand
Hell-cats
followed
him
brandishing
bludgeons
,
or
armed
with
bars
of
iron
,
pickhandles
,
and
hammers
.
On
each
side
of
the
Bishop
,
on
a
donkey
,
was
one
of
his
little
sons
,
as
demure
and
earnest
as
if
he
were
handling
his
file
.
A
flowing
standard
of
silk
inscribed
with
the
Charter
,
and
which
had
been
presented
to
him
by
the
delegate
,
was
borne
before
him
like
the
oriflamme
.
Never
was
such
a
gaunt
,
grim
crew
.
As
they
advanced
their
numbers
continually
increased
,
for
they
arrested
all
labour
in
their
progress
.
Every
engine
was
stopped
,
the
plug
was
driven
out
of
every
boiler
,
every
fire
was
extinguished
,
every
man
was
turned
out
.
The
decree
went
forth
that
labour
was
to
cease
until
the
Charter
was
the
law
of
the
land
:
the
mine
and
the
mill
,
the
foundry
and
the
loom-shop
were
until
that
consummation
to
be
idle
:
nor
was
the
mighty
pause
to
be
confined
to
these
great
enterprises
.
Every
trade
of
every
kind
and
description
was
to
be
stopped
:
tailor
and
cobbler
,
brushmaker
and
sweep
,
tinker
and
carter
,
mason
and
builder
,
all
,
all
;
for
all
an
enormous
Sabbath
that
was
to
compensate
for
any
incidental
suffering
that
it
induced
by
the
increased
means
and
the
elevated
condition
it
ultimately
would
insure
—
that
paradise
of
artizans
,
that
Utopia
of
Toil
,
embalmed
in
those
ringing
words
,
sounds
cheerful
to
the
Saxon
race
—
“
A
fair
day’s
wage
for
a
fair
day’s
work
.
”
CHAPTER
VII
.
During
the
strike
in
Lancashire
the
people
had
never
plundered
,
except
a
few
provision
shops
,
chiefly
rifled
by
boys
,
and
their
acts
of
violence
had
been
confined
to
those
with
whom
they
were
engaged
in
what
on
the
whole
might
be
described
as
fair
contest
.
They
solicited
sustenance
often
in
great
numbers
,
but
even
then
their
language
was
mild
and
respectful
,
and
they
were
easily
satisfied
and
always
grateful
.
A
body
of
two
thousand
persons
,
for
example
—
the
writer
speaks
of
circumstances
within
his
own
experience
—
quitted
one
morning
a
manufacturing
town
in
Lancashire
,
when
the
strike
had
continued
for
some
time
and
began
to
be
severely
felt
,
and
made
a
visit
to
a
neighbouring
squire
of
high
degree
.
They
entered
his
park
in
order
—
men
,
women
,
and
children
—
and
then
seating
themselves
in
the
immediate
vicinity
of
the
mansion
,
they
sent
a
deputation
to
announce
that
they
were
starving
and
to
entreat
relief
.
In
the
instance
in
question
,
the
lord
of
the
domain
was
absent
in
the
fulfilment
of
those
public
duties
which
the
disturbed
state
of
the
country
devolved
on
him
.
His
wife
,
who
had
a
spirit
equal
to
the
occasion
,
notwithstanding
the
presence
of
her
young
children
who
might
well
have
aggravated
feminine
fears
,
received
the
deputation
herself
;
told
them
that
of
course
she
was
unprepared
to
feed
so
many
,
but
that
,
if
they
promised
to
maintain
order
and
conduct
themselves
with
decorum
,
she
would
take
measures
to
satisfy
their
need
.
They
gave
their
pledge
and
remained
tranquilly
encamped
while
preparations
were
making
to
satisfy
them
.
Carts
were
sent
to
a
neighbouring
town
for
provisions
;
the
gamekeepers
killed
what
they
could
,
and
in
a
few
hours
the
multitude
were
fed
without
the
slightest
disturbance
,
or
the
least
breach
of
their
self-organised
discipline
.
When
all
was
over
,
the
deputation
waited
again
on
the
lady
to
express
to
her
their
gratitude
,
and
the
gardens
of
this
house
being
of
celebrity
in
the
neighbourhood
,
they
requested
permission
that
the
people
might
be
allowed
to
walk
through
them
,
pledging
themselves
that
no
flower
should
be
plucked
and
no
fruit
touched
.
The
permission
was
granted
:
the
multitude
in
order
,
each
file
under
a
chief
and
each
commander
of
the
files
obedient
to
a
superior
officer
,
then
made
a
progress
through
the
beautiful
gardens
of
their
beautiful
hostess
.
They
even
passed
through
the
forcing
houses
and
vineries
.
Not
a
border
was
trampled
on
,
not
a
grape
plucked
;
and
when
they
quitted
the
domain
,
they
gave
three
cheers
for
the
fair
castellan
.
The
Hell-cats
and
their
following
were
of
a
different
temper
to
these
gentle
Lancashire
insurgents
.
They
destroyed
and
ravaged
;
sacked
and
gutted
houses
;
plundered
cellars
;
proscribed
bakers
as
enemies
of
the
people
;
sequestrated
the
universal
stores
of
all
truck
and
tommy
shops
;
burst
open
doors
,
broke
windows
,
destroyed
the
gas
works
,
that
the
towns
at
night
might
be
in
darkness
;
took
union
workhouses
by
storm
,
burned
rate-books
in
the
market-place
,
and
ordered
public
distribution
of
loaves
of
bread
and
flitches
of
bacon
to
a
mob
—
cheering
and
laughing
amid
flames
and
rapine
.
In
short
they
robbed
and
rioted
;
the
police
could
make
no
head
against
them
;
there
was
no
military
force
;
the
whole
district
was
in
their
possession
:
and
hearing
that
a
battalion
of
the
Coldstreams
were
coming
down
by
a
train
,
the
Bishop
ordered
all
railroads
to
be
destroyed
,
and
if
the
Hell-cats
had
not
been
too
drunk
to
do
his
bidding
and
he
too
tipsy
to
repeat
it
,
it
is
probable
that
a
great
destruction
of
these
public
ways
might
have
taken
place
.
Does
the
reader
remember
Diggs’
tommy
shop
?
And
Master
Joseph
?
Well
a
terrible
scene
took
place
there
.
The
Wodgate
girl
,
with
a
back
like
a
grasshopper
,
of
the
Baptist
school
religion
,
who
had
married
Tummas
,
once
a
pupil
of
the
Bishop
and
still
his
fervent
follower
,
although
he
had
cut
open
his
pupil’s
head
,
was
the
daughter
of
a
man
who
had
worked
many
years
in
Diggs’
field
,
had
suffered
much
under
his
intolerable
yoke
,
and
at
the
present
moment
was
deep
in
his
awful
ledger
.
She
had
heard
from
her
first
years
of
the
oppression
of
Diggs
and
had
impressed
it
on
her
husband
,
who
was
intolerant
of
any
tyranny
except
at
Wodgate
.
Tummas
and
his
wife
,
and
a
few
chosen
friends
,
therefore
went
out
one
morning
to
settle
the
tommy-book
of
her
father
with
Mr
Diggs
.
A
whisper
of
their
intention
had
got
about
among
those
interested
in
the
subject
.
It
was
a
fine
summer
morning
,
some
three
hours
from
noon
,
the
shop
was
shut
,
indeed
it
had
not
been
opened
since
the
riots
,
and
all
the
lower
windows
of
the
dwelling
were
closed
,
barred
,
and
bolted
.
A
crowd
of
women
had
collected
.
There
was
Mistress
Page
and
Mistress
Prance
,
old
Dame
Toddles
and
Mrs
Mullins
,
Liza
Gray
and
the
comely
dame
who
was
so
fond
of
society
that
she
liked
even
a
riot
.
“
Master
Joseph
they
say
has
gone
to
the
North
,
”
said
the
comely
dame
.
“
I
wonder
if
old
Diggs
is
at
home
?
”
said
Mrs
Mullins
.
“
He
won’t
show
I’ll
be
sworn
,
”
said
old
Dame
Toddles
.
“
Here
are
the
Hell-cats
,
”
said
the
comely
dame
.
“
Well
I
do
declare
they
march
like
reglars
;
two
,
four
,
six
,
twelve
;
a
good
score
at
the
least
.
”
The
Hell-cats
briskly
marched
up
to
the
elm-trees
that
shaded
the
canal
before
the
house
,
and
then
formed
in
line
opposite
to
it
.
They
were
armed
with
bludgeons
,
crowbars
,
and
hammers
.
Tummas
was
at
the
head
and
by
his
side
his
Wodgate
wife
.
Stepping
forth
alone
,
amid
the
cheering
of
the
crowd
of
women
,
the
pupil
of
the
Bishop
advanced
to
the
door
of
Diggs’
house
,
gave
a
loud
knock
and
a
louder
ring
.
He
waited
patiently
for
several
minutes
;
there
was
no
reply
from
the
interior
,
and
then
Tummas
knocked
and
rang
again
.
“
It’s
very
awful
,
”
said
the
comely
dame
.
“
It’s
what
I
always
dreamt
would
come
to
pass
,
”
said
Liza
Gray
,
“
ever
since
Master
Joseph
cut
my
poor
baby
over
the
eye
with
his
three
foot
rule
.
”
“
I
think
there
can
be
nobody
within
,
”
said
Mrs
Prance
.
“
Old
Diggs
would
never
leave
the
tommy
without
a
guard
,
”
said
Mrs
Page
.
“
Now
lads
,
”
said
Tummas
looking
round
him
and
making
a
sign
,
and
immediately
some
half
dozen
advanced
with
their
crowbars
and
were
about
to
strike
at
the
door
,
when
a
window
in
the
upper
story
of
the
house
opened
and
the
muzzle
of
a
blunderbuss
was
presented
at
the
assailants
.
The
women
all
screamed
and
ran
away
.
“
‘Twas
Master
Joseph
,
”
said
the
comely
dame
halting
to
regain
her
breath
.
“
‘Twas
Master
Joseph
,
”
sighed
Mrs
Page
.
“
‘Twas
Master
Joseph
,
”
moaned
Mrs
Prance
.
“
Sure
enough
,
”
said
Mrs
Mullins
,
“
I
saw
his
ugly
face
.
”
“
More
frightful
than
the
great
gun
,
”
said
old
Dame
Toddles
.
“
I
hope
the
children
will
get
out
of
the
way
,
”
said
Liza
Gray
,
“
for
he
is
sure
to
fire
on
them
.
”
In
the
meantime
,
while
Master
Joseph
himself
was
content
with
his
position
and
said
not
a
word
,
a
benignant
countenance
exhibited
itself
at
the
window
and
requested
in
a
mild
voice
to
know
,
“
What
his
good
friends
wanted
there
?
”
“
We
have
come
to
settle
Sam
Barlow’s
tommy
book
,
”
said
their
leader
.
“
Our
shop
is
not
open
to-day
my
good
friends
:
the
account
can
stand
over
;
far
be
it
from
me
to
press
the
poor
.
”
“
Master
Diggs
,
”
said
a
Hell-cat
,
“
canst
thou
tell
us
the
price
of
bacon
to-day
?
”
“
Well
,
good
bacon
,
”
said
the
elder
Diggs
willing
to
humour
them
,
“
may
be
eightpence
a-pound
.
”
“
Thou
are
wrong
Master
Diggs
,
”
said
the
Hell-cat
,
“
‘tis
fourpence
and
long
credit
.
Let
us
see
half
a
dozen
good
flitches
at
fourpence
,
Master
Diggs
;
and
be
quick
.
”
There
was
evidently
some
controversy
in
the
interior
as
to
the
course
at
this
moment
to
be
pursued
.
Master
Joseph
remonstrated
against
the
policy
of
concession
,
called
conciliation
,
which
his
father
would
fain
follow
,
and
was
for
instant
coercion
;
but
age
and
experience
carried
the
day
,
and
in
a
few
minutes
some
flitches
were
thrown
out
of
the
window
to
the
Hell-cats
who
received
the
booty
with
a
cheer
.
The
women
returned
.
“
‘Tis
the
tenpence
a-pound
flitch
,
”
said
the
comely
dame
examining
the
prize
with
a
sparkling
glance
.
“
I
have
paid
as
much
for
very
green
stuff
,
”
said
Mrs
Mullins
.
“
And
now
Master
Diggs
,
”
said
Tummas
,
“
what
is
the
price
of
the
best
tea
a-pound
?
We
be
good
customers
,
and
mean
to
treat
our
wives
and
sweethearts
here
.
I
think
we
must
order
half
a
chest
.
”
This
time
there
was
a
greater
delay
in
complying
with
the
gentle
hint
;
but
the
Hell-cats
getting
obstreperous
,
the
tea
was
at
length
furnished
and
divided
among
the
women
.
This
gracious
office
devolved
on
the
wife
of
Tummas
who
soon
found
herself
assisted
by
a
spontaneous
committee
of
which
the
comely
dame
was
the
most
prominent
and
active
member
.
Nothing
could
be
more
considerate
,
good-natured
,
and
officious
,
than
the
mode
and
spirit
with
which
she
divided
the
stores
.
The
flitches
were
cut
up
and
apportioned
in
like
manner
.
The
scene
was
as
gay
and
hustling
as
a
fair
.
“
It’s
as
good
as
a
grand
tommy
day
,
”
said
the
comely
dame
with
a
self-complacent
smile
as
she
strutted
about
smiling
and
dispensing
patronage
.
The
orders
for
bacon
and
tea
were
followed
by
a
very
popular
demand
for
cheese
.
The
female
committee
received
all
the
plunder
and
were
very
active
in
its
distribution
.
At
length
a
rumour
got
about
that
Master
Joseph
was
entering
the
names
of
all
present
in
the
tommy
books
,
so
that
eventually
the
score
might
be
satisfied
.
The
mob
had
now
very
much
increased
.
There
was
a
panic
among
the
women
,
and
indignation
among
the
men
:
a
Hell-cat
advanced
and
announced
that
unless
the
tommy
books
were
all
given
up
to
be
burnt
,
they
would
pull
down
the
house
.
There
was
no
reply
:
some
of
the
Hell-cats
advanced
;
the
women
cheered
;
a
crowbar
fell
upon
the
door
;
Master
Joseph
fired
,
wounded
a
woman
and
killed
a
child
.
There
rose
one
of
those
universal
shrieks
of
wild
passion
which
announce
that
men
have
discarded
all
the
trammels
of
civilization
,
and
found
in
their
licentious
rage
