hadbeen
passing
the
night
in
Hyde
Park
—
had
already
gathered
round
the
office
door
.
They
were
dispersed
,
and
returned
again
and
took
up
their
position
at
a
more
respectful
distance
,
abusing
with
many
racy
execrations
that
ancient
body
that
from
a
traditionary
habit
they
still
called
the
New
Police
.
A
man
in
a
loose
white
great
coat
,
his
countenance
concealed
by
a
shawl
which
was
wound
round
his
neck
and
by
his
slouched
hat
,
assisted
Sybil
into
the
coach
,
and
pressed
her
hand
at
the
same
time
with
great
tenderness
.
Then
he
mounted
the
box
by
the
driver
and
ordered
him
to
make
the
best
of
his
way
to
Smith’s
Square
.
With
a
beating
heart
,
Sybil
leant
back
in
the
coach
and
clasped
her
hands
.
Her
brain
was
too
wild
to
think
:
the
incidents
of
her
life
during
the
last
four-and-twenty
hours
had
been
so
strange
and
rapid
that
she
seemed
almost
to
resign
any
quality
of
intelligent
control
over
her
fortunes
,
and
to
deliver
herself
up
to
the
shifting
visions
of
the
startling
dream
.
His
voice
had
sounded
in
her
ear
as
his
hand
had
touched
hers
.
And
on
those
tones
her
memory
lingered
,
and
that
pressure
had
reached
her
heart
.
What
tender
devotion
!
What
earnest
fidelity
!
What
brave
and
romantic
faith
!
Had
she
breathed
on
some
talisman
,
and
called
up
some
obedient
genie
to
her
aid
,
the
spirit
could
not
have
been
more
loyal
,
nor
the
completion
of
her
behest
more
ample
and
precise
.
She
passed
the
towers
of
the
church
of
St
John
:
of
the
saint
who
had
seemed
to
guard
over
her
in
the
exigency
of
her
existence
.
She
was
approaching
her
threshold
;
the
blood
left
her
cheek
,
her
heart
palpitated
.
The
coach
stopped
.
Trembling
and
timid
she
leant
upon
his
arm
and
yet
dared
not
look
upon
his
face
.
They
entered
the
house
;
they
were
in
the
room
where
two
months
before
he
had
knelt
to
her
in
vain
,
which
yesterday
had
been
the
scene
of
so
many
heart-rending
passions
.
As
in
some
delicious
dream
,
when
the
enchanted
fancy
has
traced
for
a
time
with
coherent
bliss
the
stream
of
bright
adventures
and
sweet
and
touching
phrase
,
there
comes
at
last
some
wild
gap
in
the
flow
of
fascination
,
and
by
means
which
we
cannot
trace
,
and
by
an
agency
which
we
cannot
pursue
,
we
find
ourselves
in
some
enrapturing
situation
that
is
as
it
were
the
ecstasy
of
our
life
;
so
it
happened
now
,
that
while
in
clear
and
precise
order
there
seemed
to
flit
over
the
soul
of
Sybil
all
that
had
passed
,
all
that
he
had
done
,
all
that
she
felt
—
by
some
mystical
process
which
memory
could
not
recall
,
Sybil
found
herself
pressed
to
the
throbbing
heart
of
Egremont
,
nor
shrinking
from
the
embrace
which
expressed
the
tenderness
of
his
devoted
love
!
CHAPTER
X
.
Mowbray
was
in
a
state
of
great
excitement
.
It
was
Saturday
evening
:
the
mills
were
closed
;
the
news
had
arrived
of
the
arrest
of
the
Delegate
.
“
Here’s
a
go
!
”
said
Dandy
Mick
to
Devilsdust
.
“
What
do
you
think
of
this
?
”
“
It’s
the
beginning
of
the
end
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
The
deuce
!
”
said
the
Dandy
,
who
did
not
clearly
comprehend
the
bent
of
the
observation
of
his
much
pondering
and
philosophic
friend
,
but
was
touched
by
its
oracular
terseness
.
“
We
must
see
Warner
.
”
said
Devilsdust
,
“
and
call
a
meeting
of
the
people
on
the
Moor
for
to-morrow
evening
.
I
will
draw
up
some
resolutions
.
We
must
speak
out
;
we
must
terrify
the
Capitalists
.
”
“
I
am
all
for
a
strike
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
‘Tisn’t
ripe
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
But
that’s
what
you
always
say
,
Dusty
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
I
watch
events
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
If
you
want
to
be
a
leader
of
the
people
you
must
learn
to
watch
events
.
”
“
But
what
do
you
mean
by
watching
events
?
”
“
Do
you
see
Mother
Carey’s
stall
?
”
said
Dusty
,
pointing
in
the
direction
of
the
counter
of
the
good-natured
widow
.
“
I
should
think
I
did
;
and
what’s
more
,
Julia
owes
her
a
tick
for
herrings
.
”
“
Right
,
”
said
Devilsdust
:
“
and
nothing
but
herrings
are
to
be
seen
on
her
board
.
Two
years
ago
it
was
meat
.
”
“
I
twig
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
Wait
till
it’s
wegetables
;
when
the
people
can’t
buy
even
fish
.
Then
we
will
talk
about
strikes
.
That’s
what
I
call
watching
events
.
”
Julia
,
Caroline
,
and
Harriet
came
up
to
them
.
“
Mick
,
”
said
Julia
,
“
we
want
to
go
to
the
Temple
.
”
“
I
wish
you
may
get
it
,
”
said
Mick
shaking
his
head
.
“
When
you
have
learnt
to
watch
events
,
Julia
,
you
will
understand
that
under
present
circumstances
the
Temple
is
no
go
.
”
“
And
why
so
,
Dandy
?
”
said
Julia
.
“
Do
you
see
Mother
Carey’s
stall
?
”
said
Mick
,
pointing
in
that
direction
.
“
When
there’s
a
tick
at
Madam
Carey’s
there
is
no
tin
for
Chaffing
Jack
.
That’s
what
I
call
watching
events
.
”
“
Oh
!
as
for
the
tin
,
”
said
Caroline
,
“
in
these
half-time
days
that’s
quite
out
of
fashion
.
But
they
do
say
it’s
the
last
night
at
the
Temple
,
for
Chaffing
Jack
means
to
shut
up
,
it
does
not
pay
any
longer
;
and
we
want
a
lark
.
I’ll
stand
treat
;
I’ll
put
my
earrings
up
the
spout
—
they
must
go
at
last
,
and
I
would
sooner
at
any
time
go
to
my
uncle’s
for
frolic
than
woe
.
”
“
I
am
sure
I
should
like
very
much
to
go
to
the
Temple
if
any
one
would
pay
for
me
,
”
said
Harriet
,
“
but
I
won’t
pawn
nothing
.
”
“
If
we
only
pay
and
hear
them
sing
,
”
said
Julia
in
a
coaxing
tone
.
“
Very
like
,
”
said
Mick
;
“
there’s
nothing
that
makes
one
so
thirsty
as
listening
to
a
song
,
particularly
if
it
touches
the
feelings
.
Don’t
you
remember
,
Dusty
,
when
we
used
to
encore
that
German
fellow
in
‘Scots
wha
ha.’
We
always
had
it
five
times
.
Hang
me
if
I
wasn’t
blind
drunk
at
the
end
of
it
.
”
“
I
tell
you
what
,
young
ladies
,
”
said
Devilsdust
,
looking
very
solemn
,
“
you’re
dancing
on
a
volcano
.
”
“
Oh
!
my
,
”
said
Caroline
.
“
I
am
sure
I
wish
we
were
;
though
what
you
mean
exactly
I
don’t
quite
know
.
”
“
I
mean
that
we
shall
all
soon
be
slaves
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
Not
if
we
get
the
Ten-Hour
Bill
,
”
said
Harriet
.
“
And
no
cleaning
of
machinery
in
meal
time
,
”
said
Julia
;
“
that
is
a
shame
.
”
“
You
don’t
know
what
you
are
talking
about
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
I
tell
you
,
if
the
Capitalists
put
down
Gerard
we’re
done
for
another
ten
years
,
and
by
that
time
we
shall
be
all
used
up
.
”
“
Lor
!
Dusty
,
you
quite
terrify
one
,
”
said
Caroline
.
“
It’s
a
true
bill
though
.
Instead
of
going
to
the
Temple
we
must
meet
on
the
Moor
,
and
in
as
great
numbers
as
possible
.
Go
you
and
get
all
your
sweethearts
.
I
must
see
your
father
,
Harriet
;
he
must
preside
.
We
will
have
the
hymn
of
Labour
sung
by
a
hundred
thousand
voices
in
chorus
.
It
will
strike
terror
into
the
hearts
of
the
Capitalists
.
This
is
what
we
must
all
be
thinking
of
if
we
wish
Labour
to
have
a
chance
,
not
of
going
to
Chaffing
Jack’s
and
listening
to
silly
songs
.
D’ye
understand
?
”
“
Don’t
we
!
”
said
Caroline
;
“
and
for
my
part
for
a
summer
eve
I
prefer
Mowbray
Moor
to
all
the
Temples
in
the
world
,
particularly
if
it’s
a
sociable
party
and
we
have
some
good
singing
.
”
This
evening
it
was
settled
among
the
principal
champions
of
the
cause
of
Labour
,
among
whom
Devilsdust
was
now
included
,
that
on
the
morrow
there
should
be
a
monster
meeting
on
the
Moor
to
take
into
consideration
the
arrest
of
the
delegate
of
Mowbray
.
Such
was
the
complete
organisation
of
this
district
that
by
communicating
with
the
various
lodges
of
the
Trades
Unions
fifty
thousand
persons
,
or
even
double
that
number
,
could
within
four-and-twenty
hours
on
a
great
occasion
and
on
a
favourable
day
be
brought
into
the
field
.
The
morrow
being
a
day
of
rest
was
favourable
,
and
the
seizure
of
their
cherished
delegate
was
a
stimulating
cause
.
The
excitement
was
great
,
the
enthusiasm
earnest
and
deep
.
There
was
enough
distress
to
make
people
discontented
without
depressing
them
.
And
Devilsdust
after
attending
a
council
of
the
Union
,
retired
to
rest
and
dreamed
of
strong
speeches
and
spicy
resolutions
,
bands
and
banners
,
the
cheers
of
assembled
thousands
,
and
the
eventual
triumph
of
the
sacred
rights
.
The
post
of
the
next
morning
brought
great
and
stirring
news
to
Mowbray
.
Gerard
had
undergone
his
examination
at
Bow
Street
.
It
was
a
long
and
laborious
one
;
he
was
committed
for
trial
for
a
seditious
conspiracy
,
but
he
was
held
to
bail
.
The
bail
demanded
was
heavy
;
but
it
was
prepared
and
instantly
proffered
.
His
sureties
were
Morley
and
a
Mr
Hatton
.
By
this
post
Morley
wrote
to
his
friends
,
apprising
them
that
both
Gerard
and
himself
intended
to
leave
London
instantly
,
and
that
they
might
be
expected
to
arrive
at
Mowbray
by
the
evening
train
.
The
monster
meeting
of
the
Moor
it
was
instantly
resolved
should
be
converted
into
a
triumphant
procession
,
or
rather
be
preceded
by
one
.
Messengers
on
horseback
were
sent
to
all
the
neighbouring
towns
to
announce
the
great
event
.
Every
artisan
felt
as
a
Moslemin
summoned
by
the
sacred
standard
.
All
went
forth
with
their
wives
and
their
children
to
hail
the
return
of
the
patriot
and
the
martyr
.
The
Trades
of
Mowbray
mustered
early
in
the
morning
,
and
in
various
processions
took
possession
of
all
the
churches
.
Their
great
pride
was
entirely
to
fill
the
church
of
Mr
St
Lys
,
who
not
daunted
by
their
demonstration
,
and
seizing
the
offered
opportunity
,
suppressed
the
sermon
with
which
he
had
supplied
himself
and
preached
to
them
an
extemporary
discourse
on
“
Fear
God
and
honour
the
King
.
”
In
the
dissenting
chapels
thanksgivings
were
publicly
offered
that
bail
had
been
accepted
for
Walter
Gerard
.
After
the
evening
service
,
which
the
Unions
again
attended
,
they
formed
in
the
High
Street
and
lined
it
with
their
ranks
and
banners
.
Every
half
hour
a
procession
arrived
from
some
neighbouring
town
with
its
music
and
streaming
flags
.
Each
was
received
by
Warner
or
some
other
member
of
the
managing
committee
,
who
assigned
to
them
their
appointed
position
,
which
they
took
up
without
confusion
,
nor
was
the
general
order
for
a
moment
disturbed
.
Sometimes
a
large
party
arrived
without
music
or
banners
,
but
singing
psalms
and
headed
by
their
minister
;
sometimes
the
children
walked
together
,
the
women
following
,
then
the
men
each
with
a
ribbon
of
the
same
colour
in
his
hat
:
all
hurried
,
yet
spontaneous
and
certain
,
indications
how
mankind
under
the
influence
of
high
and
earnest
feelings
recur
instantly
to
ceremony
and
form
;
how
when
the
imagination
is
excited
it
appeals
to
the
imagination
,
and
requires
for
its
expression
something
beyond
the
routine
of
daily
life
.
It
was
arranged
that
the
moment
the
train
arrived
and
the
presence
of
Gerard
was
ascertained
,
the
Trade
in
position
nearest
to
the
station
should
commence
the
hymn
of
Labour
,
which
was
instantly
to
be
taken
up
by
its
neighbour
,
and
so
on
in
succession
,
so
that
by
an
almost
electrical
agency
the
whole
population
should
almost
simultaneously
be
assured
of
his
arrival
.
At
half
past
six
o’clock
the
bell
announced
that
the
train
was
in
sight
;
a
few
minutes
afterwards
Dandy
Mick
hurried
up
to
the
leader
of
the
nearest
Trade
,
spoke
a
few
words
,
and
instantly
the
signal
was
given
and
the
hymn
commenced
.
It
was
taken
up
as
the
steeples
of
a
great
city
in
the
silence
of
the
night
take
up
the
new
hour
that
has
just
arrived
;
one
by
one
the
mighty
voices
rose
till
they
all
blended
in
one
vast
waving
sea
of
sound
.
Warner
and
some
others
welcomed
Gerard
and
Morley
,
and
ushered
them
,
totally
unprepared
for
such
a
reception
,
to
an
open
carriage
drawn
by
four
white
horses
that
was
awaiting
them
.
Orders
were
given
that
there
was
to
be
no
cheering
or
any
irregular
clamour
.
Alone
was
heard
the
hymn
.
As
the
carriage
passed
each
Trade
,
they
followed
and
formed
in
procession
behind
it
;
thus
all
had
the
opportunity
of
beholding
their
chosen
chief
,
and
he
the
proud
consolation
of
looking
on
the
multitude
who
thus
enthusiastically
recognised
the
sovereignty
of
his
services
.
The
interminable
population
,
the
mighty
melody
,
the
incredible
order
,
the
simple
yet
awful
solemnity
,
this
representation
of
the
great
cause
to
which
she
was
devoted
under
an
aspect
that
at
once
satisfied
the
reason
,
captivated
the
imagination
,
and
elevated
the
heart
—
her
admiration
of
her
father
,
thus
ratified
as
it
were
by
the
sympathy
of
a
nation
—
added
to
all
the
recent
passages
of
her
life
teeming
with
such
strange
and
trying
interest
,
overcame
Sybil
.
The
tears
fell
down
her
cheek
as
the
carriage
bore
away
her
father
,
while
she
remained
under
the
care
of
one
unknown
to
the
people
of
Mowbray
,
but
who
had
accompanied
her
from
London
,
—
this
was
Hatton
.
The
last
light
of
the
sun
was
shed
over
the
Moor
when
Gerard
reached
it
,
and
the
Druids’
altar
and
its
surrounding
crags
were
burnished
with
its
beam
.
CHAPTER
XI
.
It
was
the
night
following
the
day
after
the
return
of
Gerard
to
Mowbray
.
Morley
,
who
had
lent
to
him
and
Sybil
his
cottage
in
the
dale
,
was
at
the
office
of
his
newspaper
,
the
Mowbray
Phalanx
,
where
he
now
resided
.
He
was
alone
in
his
room
writing
,
occasionally
rising
from
his
seat
and
pacing
the
chamber
,
when
some
one
knocked
at
his
door
.
Receiving
a
permission
to
come
in
,
there
entered
Hatton
.
“
I
fear
I
am
disturbing
an
article
,
”
said
the
guest
.
“
By
no
means
:
the
day
of
labour
is
not
at
hand
.
I
am
very
pleased
to
see
you
.
”
“
My
quarters
are
not
very
inviting
,
”
continued
Hatton
.
“
It
is
remarkable
what
bad
accommodation
you
find
in
these
great
trading
towns
.
I
should
have
thought
that
the
mercantile
traveller
had
been
a
comfortable
animal
—
not
to
say
a
luxurious
;
but
I
find
everything
mean
and
third-rate
.
The
wine
execrable
.
So
I
thought
I
would
come
and
bestow
my
tediousness
on
you
.
‘Tis
hardly
fair
.
”
“
You
could
not
have
pleased
me
better
.
I
was
,
rather
from
distraction
than
from
exigency
,
throwing
some
thoughts
on
paper
.
But
the
voice
of
yesterday
still
lingers
in
my
ear
.
”
“
What
a
spectacle
!
”
“
Yes
;
you
see
what
a
multitude
presents
who
have
recognised
the
predominance
of
Moral
Power
,
”
said
Morley
.
“
The
spectacle
was
august
;
but
the
results
to
which
such
a
public
mind
must
lead
are
sublime
.
”
“
It
must
have
been
deeply
gratifying
to
our
friend
,
”
said
Hatton
.
“
It
will
support
him
in
his
career
,
”
said
Morley
.
“
And
console
him
in
his
prison
,
”
added
Hatton
.
“
You
think
that
it
will
come
to
that
?
”
said
Morley
inquiringly
.
“
It
has
that
aspect
;
but
appearances
change
.
”
“
What
should
change
them
?
”
“
Time
and
accident
,
which
change
everything
.
”
“
Time
will
bring
the
York
Assizes
,
”
said
Morley
musingly
;
“
and
as
for
accident
I
confess
the
future
seems
to
me
dreary
.
What
can
happen
for
Gerard
?
”
“
He
might
win
his
writ
of
right
,
”
said
Hatton
demurely
,
stretching
out
his
legs
and
leaning
back
in
his
chair
.
“
That
also
may
be
tried
at
the
York
Assizes
.
”
“
His
writ
of
right
!
I
thought
that
was
a
feint
—
a
mere
affair
of
tactics
to
keep
the
chance
of
the
field
.
”
“
I
believe
the
field
may
be
won
,
”
said
Hatton
very
composedly
.
“
Won
!
”
“
Ay
!
the
castle
and
manor
of
Mowbray
and
half
the
lordships
round
,
to
say
nothing
of
this
good
town
.
The
people
are
prepared
to
be
his
subjects
;
he
must
give
up
equality
and
be
content
with
being
a
popular
sovereign
.
”
“
You
jest
my
friend
.
”
“
Then
I
speak
truth
in
jest
;
sometimes
,
you
know
,
the
case
.
”
“
What
mean
you
?
”
said
Morley
rising
and
approaching
Hatton
;
“
for
though
I
have
often
observed
you
like
a
biting
phrase
,
you
never
speak
idly
.
Tell
me
what
you
mean
.
”
“
I
mean
,
”
said
Hatton
,
looking
Morley
earnestly
in
the
face
and
speaking
with
great
gravity
,
“
that
the
documents
are
in
existence
which
prove
the
title
of
Walter
Gerard
to
the
proprietorship
of
this
great
district
;
that
I
know
where
the
documents
are
to
be
found
;
and
that
it
requires
nothing
but
a
resolution
equal
to
the
occasion
to
secure
them
.
”
“
Should
that
be
wanting
?
”
said
Morley
.
“
I
should
think
not
,
”
said
Hatton
.
“
It
would
belie
our
nature
to
believe
so
.
”
“
And
where
are
these
documents
?
”
“
In
the
muniment
room
of
Mowbray
castle
.
”
“
Hah
!
”
exclaimed
Morley
in
a
prolonged
tone
.
“
Kept
closely
by
one
who
knows
their
value
,
for
they
are
the
title
deeds
not
of
his
right
but
of
his
confusion
.
”
“
And
how
can
we
obtain
them
?
”
“
By
means
more
honest
than
those
they
were
acquired
by
.
”
“
They
are
not
obvious
.
”
“
Two
hundred
thousand
human
beings
yesterday
acknowledged
the
supremacy
of
Gerard
,
”
said
Hatton
.
“
Suppose
they
had
known
that
within
the
walls
of
Mowbray
Castle
were
contained
the
proofs
that
Walter
Gerard
was
the
lawful
possessor
of
the
lands
on
which
they
live
;
I
say
suppose
that
had
been
the
case
.
Do
you
think
they
would
have
contented
themselves
with
singing
psalms
?
What
would
have
become
of
moral
power
then
?
They
would
have
taken
Mowbray
Castle
by
storm
;
they
would
have
sacked
and
gutted
it
;
they
would
have
appointed
a
chosen
band
to
rifle
the
round
tower
;
they
would
have
taken
care
that
every
document
in
it
,
especially
an
iron
chest
painted
blue
and
blazoned
with
the
shield
of
Valence
,
should
have
been
delivered
to
you
,
to
me
,
to
any
one
that
Gerard
appointed
for
the
office
.
And
what
could
be
the
remedy
of
the
Earl
de
Mowbray
?
He
could
scarcely
bring
an
action
against
the
hundred
for
the
destruction
of
the
castle
,
which
we
would
prove
was
not
his
own
.
And
the
most
he
could
do
would
be
to
transport
some
poor
wretches
who
had
got
drunk
in
his
plundered
cellars
and
then
set
fire
to
his
golden
saloons
.
”
“
You
amaze
me
,
”
said
Morley
,
looking
with
an
astonished
expression
on
the
person
who
had
just
delivered
himself
of
these
suggestive
details
with
the
same
coolness
and
arid
accuracy
that
he
would
have
entered
into
the
details
of
a
pedigree
.
“
‘Tis
a
practical
view
of
the
case
,
”
remarked
Mr
Hatton
.
Morley
paced
the
chamber
disturbed
;
Hatton
remained
silent
and
watched
him
with
a
scrutinizing
eye
.
“
Are
you
certain
of
your
facts
?
”
at
length
said
Morley
abruptly
stopping
.
“
Quite
so
;
Lord
de
Mowbray
informed
me
of
the
circumstances
himself
before
I
left
London
,
and
I
came
down
here
in
consequence
.
”
“
You
know
him
?
”
“
No
one
better
.
”
“
And
these
documents
—
some
of
them
I
suppose
,
”
said
Morley
with
a
cynical
look
,
“
were
once
in
your
own
possession
then
?
”
“
Possibly
.
Would
they
were
now
!
But
it
is
a
great
thing
to
know
where
they
may
be
found
.
”
“
Then
they
once
were
the
property
of
Gerard
?
”
“
Hardly
that
.
They
were
gained
by
my
own
pains
,
and
often
paid
for
with
my
own
purse
.
Claimed
by
no
one
,
I
parted
with
them
to
a
person
to
whom
they
were
valuable
.
It
is
not
merely
to
serve
Gerard
that
I
want
them
now
,
though
I
would
willingly
serve
him
.
I
have
need
of
some
of
these
papers
with
respect
to
an
ancient
title
,
a
claim
to
which
by
a
person
in
whom
I
am
interested
they
would
substantiate
.
Now
listen
,
good
friend
Morley
;
moral
force
is
a
fine
thing
especially
in
speculation
,
and
so
is
a
community
of
goods
especially
when
a
man
has
no
property
,
but
when
you
have
lived
as
long
as
I
have
and
have
tasted
of
the
world’s
delight
,
you’ll
comprehend
the
rapture
of
acquisition
,
and
learn
that
it
is
generally
secured
by
very
coarse
means
.
Come
,
I
have
a
mind
that
you
should
prosper
.
The
public
spirit
is
inflamed
here
;
you
are
a
leader
of
the
people
.
Let
us
have
another
meeting
on
the
Moor
,
a
preconcerted
outbreak
;
you
can
put
your
fingers
in
a
trice
on
the
men
who
will
do
our
work
.
Mowbray
Castle
is
in
their
possession
;
we
secure
our
object
.
You
shall
have
ten
thousand
pounds
on
the
nail
,
and
I
will
take
you
back
to
London
with
me
besides
and
teach
you
what
is
fortune
.
”
“
I
understand
you
,
”
said
Morley
.
“
You
have
a
clear
brain
and
a
bold
spirit
;
you
have
no
scruples
,
which
indeed
are
generally
the
creatures
of
perplexity
rather
than
of
principle
.
You
ought
to
succeed
.
”
“
We
ought
to
succeed
you
mean
,
”
said
Hatton
,
“
for
I
have
long
perceived
that
you
only
wanted
opportunity
to
mount
.
”
“
Yesterday
was
a
great
burst
of
feeling
occasioned
by
a
very
peculiar
cause
,
”
said
Morley
musingly
;
“
but
it
must
not
mislead
us
.
The
discontent
here
is
not
deep
.
The
people
are
still
employed
,
though
not
fully
.
Wages
have
fallen
,
but
they
must
drop
more
.
THE
PEOPLE
are
not
ripe
for
the
movement
you
intimate
.
There
are
thousands
who
would
rush
to
the
rescue
of
the
castle
.
Besides
there
is
a
priest
here
,
one
St
Lys
,
who
exercises
a
most
pernicious
influence
over
the
people
.
It
will
require
immense
efforts
and
great
distress
to
root
him
out
.
No
;
it
would
fail
.
”
“
Then
we
must
wait
awhile
,
”
said
Hatton
,
“
or
devise
some
other
means
.
”
“
‘Tis
a
very
impracticable
case
,
”
said
Morley
.
“
There
is
a
combination
for
every
case
,
”
said
Hatton
.
“
Ponder
and
it
comes
.
This
seemed
simple
;
but
you
think
,
you
really
think
it
would
not
answer
?
”
“
At
this
moment
,
not
;
that
is
my
conviction
.
”
“
Well
suppose
instead
of
an
insurrection
we
have
a
burglary
.
Can
you
assist
me
to
the
right
hands
here
?
”
“
Not
I
indeed
!
”
“
What
is
the
use
then
of
this
influence
over
the
people
of
which
you
and
Gerard
are
always
talking
?
After
yesterday
I
thought
here
you
could
do
anything
.
”
“
We
have
not
hitherto
had
the
advantage
of
your
worldly
knowledge
;
in
future
we
shall
be
wiser
.
”
“
Well
then
,
”
said
Hatton
,
“
we
must
now
think
of
Gerard’s
defence
.
He
shall
have
the
best
counsel
.
I
shall
retain
Kelly
specially
.
I
shall
return
to
town
to-morrow
morning
.
You
will
keep
me
alive
to
the
state
of
feeling
here
,
and
if
things
get
more
mature
drop
me
a
line
and
I
will
come
down
.
”
“
This
conversation
had
better
not
be
mentioned
to
Gerard
.
”
“
That
is
obvious
;
it
would
only
disturb
him
.
I
did
not
preface
it
by
a
stipulation
of
confidence
because
that
is
idle
.
Of
course
you
will
keep
the
secret
;
it
is
your
interest
;
it
is
a
great
possession
.
I
know
very
well
you
will
be
most
jealous
of
sharing
it
.
I
know
it
is
as
safe
with
you
as
with
myself
.
”
And
with
these
words
Hatton
wished
him
a
hearty
farewell
and
withdrew
.
“
He
is
right
,
”
thought
Morley
;
“
he
knows
human
nature
well
.
The
secret
is
safe
.
I
will
not
breathe
it
to
Gerard
.
I
will
treasure
it
up
.
It
is
knowledge
;
it
is
power
:
great
knowledge
,
great
power
.
And
what
shall
I
do
with
it
?
Time
will
teach
me
.
”
END
OF
THE
FIFTH
BOOK
BOOK
VI
CHAPTER
I
.
“
Another
week
,
”
exclaimed
a
gentleman
in
Downing
Street
on
the
5th
of
August
,
1842
,
“
and
we
shall
be
prorogued
.
You
can
surely
keep
the
country
quiet
for
another
week
.
”
“
I
cannot
answer
for
the
public
peace
for
another
four-and-twenty
hours
,
”
replied
his
companion
.
“
This
business
at
Manchester
must
be
stopped
at
once
;
you
have
a
good
force
there
?
”
“
Manchester
is
nothing
;
these
are
movements
merely
to
distract
.
The
serious
work
is
not
now
to
be
apprehended
in
the
cotton
towns
.
The
state
of
Staffordshire
and
Warwickshire
is
infinitely
more
menacing
.
Cheshire
and
Yorkshire
alarm
me
.
The
accounts
from
Scotland
are
as
bad
as
can
be
.
And
though
I
think
the
sufferings
of
‘39
will
keep
Birmingham
and
the
Welch
collieries
in
check
,
we
cannot
venture
to
move
any
of
our
force
from
those
districts
.
”
“
You
must
summon
a
council
for
four
o’clock
.
I
have
some
deputations
to
receive
which
I
will
throw
over
;
but
to
Windsor
I
must
go
.
Nothing
has
yet
occurred
to
render
any
notice
of
the
state
of
the
country
necessary
in
the
speech
from
the
Throne
.
”
“
Not
yet
,
”
said
his
companion
;
“
but
what
will
to-morrow
bring
forth
?
”
“
After
all
it
is
only
a
turn-out
.
I
cannot
recast
her
Majesty’s
speech
and
bring
in
rebellion
and
closed
mills
,
instead
of
loyalty
and
a
good
harvest
.
”
“
It
would
be
a
bore
.
Well
,
we
will
see
to-morrow
;
”
and
the
colleague
left
the
room
.
“
And
now
for
these
deputations
,
”
said
the
gentleman
in
Downing
Street
,
“
of
all
things
in
the
world
I
dislike
a
deputation
.
I
do
not
care
how
much
I
labour
in
the
Closet
or
the
house
;
that’s
real
work
;
the
machine
is
advanced
.
But
receiving
a
deputation
is
like
sham
marching
:
an
immense
dust
and
no
progress
.
To
listen
to
their
views
!
As
if
I
did
not
know
what
their
views
were
before
they
stated
them
!
And
to
put
on
a
countenance
of
respectful
candour
while
they
are
developing
their
exploded
or
their
impracticable
systems
.
Were
it
not
that
at
a
practised
crisis
,
I
permit
them
to
see
conviction
slowly
stealing
over
my
conscience
,
I
believe
the
fellows
would
never
stop
.
I
cannot
really
receive
these
deputations
.
I
must
leave
them
to
Hoaxem
,
”
and
the
gentleman
in
Downing
Street
rang
his
bell
.
“
Well
,
Mr
Hoaxem
,
”
resumed
the
gentleman
in
Downing
Street
as
that
faithful
functionary
entered
,
“
there
are
some
deputations
I
understand
,
to-day
.
You
must
receive
them
,
as
I
am
going
to
Windsor
.
What
are
they
?
”
“
There
are
only
two
,
sir
,
of
moment
.
The
rest
I
could
easily
manage
.
”
“
And
these
two
?
”
“
In
the
first
place
,
there
is
our
friend
Colonel
Bosky
,
the
members
for
the
county
of
Calfshire
,
and
a
deputation
of
tenant
farmers
.
”
“
Pah
!
”
“
These
must
be
attended
to
.
The
members
have
made
a
strong
representation
to
me
that
they
really
cannot
any
longer
vote
with
government
unless
the
Treasury
assists
them
in
satisfying
their
constituents
.
”
“
And
what
do
they
want
?
”
“
Statement
of
grievances
;
high
taxes
and
low
prices
;
mild
expostulations
and
gentle
hints
that
they
have
been
thrown
over
by
their
friends
;
Polish
corn
,
Holstein
cattle
,
and
British
income
tax
.
”
“
Well
you
know
what
to
say
,
”
said
the
gentleman
in
Downing
Street
.
“
Tell
them
generally
that
they
are
quite
mistaken
;
prove
to
them
particularly
that
my
only
object
has
been
to
render
protection
more
protective
,
by
making
it
practical
and
divesting
it
of
the
surplusage
of
odium
;
that
no
foreign
corn
can
come
in
at
fifty-five
shillings
;
that
there
are
not
enough
cattle
in
all
Holstein
to
supply
the
parish
of
Pancras
daily
with
beef-steaks
;
and
that
as
for
the
income
tax
,
they
will
be
amply
compensated
for
it
by
their
diminished
cost
of
living
through
the
agency
of
that
very
tariff
of
which
they
are
so
superficially
complaining
.
”
“
Their
diminished
cost
of
living
!
”
said
Mr
Hoaxem
a
little
confused
.
“
Would
not
that
assurance
,
I
humbly
suggest
,
clash
a
little
with
my
previous
demonstration
that
we
had
arranged
that
no
reduction
of
prices
should
take
place
?
”
“
Not
at
all
;
your
previous
demonstration
is
of
course
true
,
but
at
the
same
time
you
must
impress
upon
them
the
necessity
of
general
views
to
form
an
opinion
of
particular
instances
.
As
for
example
a
gentleman
of
five
thousand
pounds
per
annum
pays
to
the
income
tax
,
which
by
the
bye
always
call
property
tax
,
one
hundred
and
fifty
pounds
a
year
.
Well
,
I
have
materially
reduced
the
duties
on
eight
hundred
articles
.
The
consumption
of
each
of
those
articles
by
an
establishment
of
five
thousand
pounds
per
annum
cannot
be
less
than
one
pound
per
article
.
The
reduction
of
price
cannot
be
less
than
a
moiety
;
therefore
a
saving
of
four
hundred
per
annum
;
which
placed
against
the
deduction
of
the
property
tax
leaves
a
clear
increase
of
income
of
two
hundred
and
fifty
pounds
per
annum
;
by
which
you
see
that
a
property
tax
in
fact
increases
income
.
”
“
I
see
,
”
said
Mr
Hoaxem
with
an
admiring
glance
.
“
And
what
am
I
to
say
to
the
deputation
of
the
manufacturers
of
Mowbray
complaining
of
the
great
depression
of
trade
,
and
the
total
want
of
remunerating
profits
?
”
“
You
must
say
exactly
the
reverse
,
”
said
the
gentleman
in
Downing
Street
.
“
Show
them
how
much
I
have
done
to
promote
the
revival
of
trade
.
First
of
all
in
making
provisions
cheaper
;
cutting
off
at
one
blow
half
the
protection
on
corn
,
as
for
example
at
this
moment
under
the
old
law
the
duty
on
foreign
wheat
would
have
been
twenty-seven
shillings
a
quarter
;
under
the
new
law
it
is
thirteen
.
To
be
sure
no
wheat
could
come
in
at
either
price
,
but
that
does
not
alter
the
principle
.
Then
as
to
live
cattle
,
show
how
I
have
entirely
opened
the
trade
with
the
continent
in
live
cattle
.
Enlarge
upon
this
,
the
subject
is
speculative
and
admits
of
expensive
estimates
.
If
there
be
any
dissenters
on
the
deputation
who
having
freed
the
negroes
have
no
subject
left
for
their
foreign
sympathies
,
hint
at
the
tortures
of
the
bullfight
and
the
immense
consideration
to
humanity
that
instead
of
being
speared
at
Seville
,
the
Andalusian
Toro
will
probably
in
future
be
cut
up
at
Smithfield
.
This
cheapness
of
provisions
will
permit
them
to
compete
with
the
foreigner
in
all
neutral
markets
,
in
time
beat
them
in
their
own
.
It
is
a
complete
compensation
too
for
the
property
tax
,
which
impress
upon
them
is
a
great
experiment
and
entirely
for
their
interests
.
Ring
the
changes
on
great
measures
and
great
experiments
till
it
is
time
to
go
down
and
make
a
house
.
Your
official
duties
of
course
must
not
be
interfered
with
.
They
will
take
the
hint
.
I
have
no
doubt
you
will
get
through
the
business
very
well
,
Mr
Hoaxem
,
particularly
if
you
be
‘frank
and
explicit
;
’
that
is
the
right
line
to
take
when
you
wish
to
conceal
your
own
mind
and
to
confuse
the
minds
of
others
.
Good
morning
!
”
CHAPTER
II
.
Two
days
after
this
conversation
in
Downing
Street
,
a
special
messenger
arrived
at
Marney
Abbey
from
the
Lord
Lieutenant
of
the
county
,
the
Duke
of
Fitz-Aquitaine
.
Immediately
after
reading
the
despatch
of
which
he
was
the
bearer
,
there
was
a
great
bustle
in
the
house
;
Lady
Marney
was
sent
for
to
her
husband’s
library
and
there
enjoined
immediately
to
write
various
letters
which
were
to
prevent
certain
expected
visitors
from
arriving
;
Captain
Grouse
was
in
and
out
the
same
library
every
five
minutes
,
receiving
orders
and
counter
orders
,
and
finally
mounting
his
horse
was
flying
about
the
neighbourhood
with
messages
and
commands
.
All
this
stir
signified
that
the
Marney
regiment
of
Yeomanry
were
to
be
called
out
directly
.
Lord
Marney
who
had
succeeded
in
obtaining
a
place
in
the
Household
and
was
consequently
devoted
to
the
institutions
of
the
country
,
was
full
of
determination
to
uphold
them
;
but
at
the
same
time
with
characteristic
prudence
was
equally
resolved
that
the
property
principally
protected
should
be
his
own
,
and
that
the
order
of
his
own
district
should
chiefly
engage
his
solicitude
.
“
I
do
not
know
what
the
Duke
means
by
marching
into
the
disturbed
districts
,
”
said
Lord
Marney
to
Captain
Grouse
.
“
These
are
disturbed
districts
.
There
have
been
three
fires
in
one
week
,
and
I
want
to
know
what
disturbance
can
be
worse
than
that
?
In
my
opinion
this
is
a
mere
anti-corn-law
riot
to
frighten
the
government
;
and
suppose
they
do
stop
the
mills
—
what
then
?
I
wish
they
were
all
stopped
,
and
then
one
might
live
like
a
gentleman
again
?
”
Egremont
,
between
whom
and
his
brother
a
sort
of
bad-tempered
good
understanding
had
of
late
years
to
a
certain
degree
flourished
,
in
spite
of
Lord
Marney
remaining
childless
,
which
made
him
hate
Egremont
with
double
distilled
virulence
,
and
chiefly
by
the
affectionate
manoeuvres
of
their
mother
,
but
whose
annual
visits
to
Marney
had
generally
been
limited
to
the
yeomanry
week
,
arrived
from
London
the
same
day
as
the
letter
of
the
Lord
Lieutenant
,
as
he
had
learnt
that
his
brother’s
regiment
,
in
which
he
commanded
a
troop
,
as
well
as
the
other
yeomanry
corps
in
the
North
of
England
,
must
immediately
take
the
field
.
Five
years
had
elapsed
since
the
commencement
of
our
history
,
and
they
had
brought
apparently
much
change
to
the
character
of
the
brother
of
Lord
Marney
.
He
had
become
,
especially
during
the
last
two
or
three
years
,
silent
and
reserved
;
he
rarely
entered
society
;
even
the
company
of
those
who
were
once
his
intimates
had
ceased
to
attract
him
;
he
was
really
a
melancholy
man
.
The
change
in
his
demeanour
was
observed
by
all
;
his
mother
and
his
sister-in-law
were
the
only
persons
who
endeavoured
to
penetrate
its
cause
,
and
sighed
over
the
failure
of
their
sagacity
.
Quit
the
world
and
the
world
forgets
you
;
and
Egremont
would
have
soon
been
a
name
no
longer
mentioned
in
those
brilliant
saloons
which
he
once
adorned
,
had
not
occasionally
a
sensation
,
produced
by
an
effective
speech
in
the
House
of
Commons
,
recalled
his
name
to
his
old
associates
,
who
then
remembered
the
pleasant
hours
passed
in
his
society
and
wondered
why
he
never
went
anywhere
now
.
“
I
suppose
he
finds
society
a
bore
,
”
said
Lord
Eugene
de
Vere
;
“
I
am
sure
I
do
;
but
then
what
is
a
fellow
to
do
?
I
am
not
in
Parliament
like
Egremont
.
I
believe
,
after
all
,
that’s
the
thing
;
for
I
have
tried
everything
else
and
everything
else
is
a
bore
.
”
“
I
think
one
should
marry
like
Alfred
Mountchesney
,
”
said
Lord
Milford
.
“
But
what
is
the
use
of
marrying
if
you
do
not
marry
a
rich
woman
—
and
the
heiresses
of
the
present
age
will
not
marry
.
What
can
be
more
unnatural
!
It
alone
ought
to
produce
a
revolution
.
Why
,
Alfred
is
the
only
fellow
who
has
made
a
coup
;
and
then
he
has
not
got
it
down
.
”
“
She
behaved
in
a
most
unprincipled
manner
to
me
—
that
Fitz-Warene
,
”
said
Lord
Milford
,
“
always
took
my
bouquets
and
once
made
me
write
some
verses
.
”
“
By
Jove
!
”
said
Lord
Eugene
,
“
I
should
like
to
see
them
.
What
a
bore
it
must
have
been
to
write
verses
.
”
“
I
only
copied
them
out
of
Mina
Blake’s
album
:
but
I
sent
them
in
my
own
handwriting
.
”
Baffled
sympathy
was
the
cause
of
Egremont’s
gloom
.
It
is
the
secret
spring
of
most
melancholy
.
He
loved
and
loved
in
vain
.
The
conviction
that
his
passion
,
though
hopeless
,
was
not
looked
upon
with
disfavour
,
only
made
him
the
more
wretched
,
for
the
disappointment
is
more
acute
in
proportion
as
the
chance
is
better
.
He
had
never
seen
Sybil
since
the
morning
he
quitted
her
in
Smith’s
Square
,
immediately
before
her
departure
for
the
North
.
The
trial
of
Gerard
had
taken
place
at
the
assizes
of
that
year
:
he
had
been
found
guilty
and
sentenced
to
eighteen
months
imprisonment
in
York
Castle
;
the
interference
of
Egremont
both
in
the
House
of
Commons
and
with
the
government
saved
him
from
the
felon
confinement
with
which
he
was
at
first
threatened
,
and
from
which
assuredly
state
prisoners
should
be
exempt
.
During
this
effort
some
correspondence
had
taken
place
between
Egremont
and
Sybil
,
which
he
would
willingly
have
encouraged
and
maintained
;
but
it
ceased
nevertheless
with
its
subject
.
Sybil
,
through
the
influential
interference
of
Ursula
Trafford
,
lived
at
the
convent
at
York
during
the
imprisonment
of
her
father
,
and
visited
him
daily
.
The
anxiety
to
take
the
veil
which
had
once
characterised
Sybil
had
certainly
waned
.
Perhaps
her
experience
of
life
had
impressed
her
with
the
importance
of
fulfilling
vital
duties
.
Her
father
,
though
he
had
never
opposed
her
wish
,
had
never
encouraged
it
;
and
he
had
now
increased
and
interesting
claims
on
her
devotion
.
He
had
endured
great
trials
,
and
had
fallen
on
adverse
fortunes
.
Sybil
would
look
at
him
,
and
though
his
noble
frame
was
still
erect
and
his
countenance
still
displayed
that
mixture
of
frankness
and
decision
which
had
distinguished
it
of
yore
,
she
could
not
conceal
from
herself
that
there
were
ravages
which
time
could
not
have
produced
.
A
year
and
a
half
of
imprisonment
had
shaken
to
its
centre
a
frame
born
for
action
,
and
shrinking
at
all
times
from
the
resources
of
sedentary
life
.
The
disappointment
of
high
hopes
had
jarred
and
tangled
even
the
sweetness
of
his
noble
disposition
.
He
needed
solicitude
and
solace
:
and
Sybil
resolved
that
if
vigilance
and
sympathy
could
soothe
an
existence
that
would
otherwise
be
embittered
,
these
guardian
angels
should
at
least
hover
over
the
life
of
her
father
.
When
the
term
of
his
imprisonment
had
ceased
,
Gerard
had
returned
with
his
daughter
to
Mowbray
.
Had
he
deigned
to
accept
the
offers
of
his
friends
,
he
need
not
have
been
anxious
as
to
his
future
.
A
public
subscription
for
his
service
had
been
collected
:
Morley
,
who
was
well
to
do
in
the
world
,
for
the
circulation
of
the
Mowbray
Phalanx
daily
increased
with
the
increasing
sufferings
of
the
people
,
offered
his
friend
to
share
his
house
and
purse
:
Hatton
was
munificent
;
there
was
no
limit
either
to
his
offers
or
his
proffered
services
.
But
all
were
declined
;
Gerard
would
live
by
labour
.
The
post
he
had
occupied
at
Mr
Trafford’s
was
not
vacant
even
if
that
gentleman
had
thought
fit
again
to
receive
him
;
but
his
reputation
as
a
first-rate
artizan
soon
obtained
him
good
employment
,
though
on
this
occasion
in
the
town
of
Mowbray
,
which
for
the
sake
of
his
daughter
he
regretted
.
He
had
no
pleasant
home
now
for
Sybil
,
but
he
had
the
prospect
of
one
,
and
until
he
obtained
possession
of
it
,
Sybil
sought
a
refuge
,
which
had
been
offered
to
her
from
the
first
,
with
her
kindest
and
dearest
friend
;
so
that
at
this
period
of
our
history
,
she
was
again
an
inmate
of
the
convent
at
Mowbray
,
whither
her
father
and
Morley
had
attended
her
the
eve
of
the
day
she
had
first
visited
the
ruins
of
Marney
Abbey
.
CHAPTER
III
.
“
I
have
seen
a
many
things
in
my
time
Mrs
Trotman
,
”
said
Chaffing
Jack
as
he
took
the
pipe
from
his
mouth
in
the
silent
bar
room
of
the
Cat
and
Fiddle
;
“
but
I
never
see
any
like
this
.
I
think
I
ought
to
know
Mowbray
if
any
one
does
,
for
man
and
boy
I
have
breathed
this
air
for
a
matter
of
half
a
century
.
I
sucked
it
in
when
it
tasted
of
primroses
,
and
this
tavern
was
a
cottage
covered
with
honeysuckle
in
the
middle
of
green
fields
,
where
the
lads
came
and
drank
milk
from
the
cow
with
their
lasses
;
and
I
have
inhaled
what
they
call
the
noxious
atmosphere
,
when
a
hundred
chimneys
have
been
smoking
like
one
;
and
always
found
myself
pretty
well
.
Nothing
like
business
to
give
one
an
appetite
.
But
when
shall
I
feel
peckish
again
,
Mrs
Trotman
?
”
“
The
longest
lane
has
a
turning
they
say
,
Mr
Trotman
.
”
“
Never
knew
anything
like
this
before
,
”
replied
her
husband
,
“
and
I
have
seen
bad
times
:
but
I
always
used
to
say
,
‘Mark
my
words
friends
,
Mowbray
will
rally.’
My
words
carried
weight
,
Mrs
Trotman
,
in
this
quarter
,
as
they
naturally
should
,
coming
from
a
man
of
my
experience
,
—
especially
when
I
gave
tick
.
Every
man
I
chalked
up
was
of
the
same
opinion
as
the
landlord
of
the
Cat
and
Fiddle
,
and
always
thought
that
Mowbray
would
rally
.
That’s
the
killing
feature
of
these
times
,
Mrs
Trotman
,
there’s
no
rallying
in
the
place
.
”
“
I
begin
to
think
it’s
the
machines
,
”
said
Mrs
Trotman
.
“
Nonsense
,
”
said
Mr
Trotman
;
“
it’s
the
corn
laws
.
The
town
of
Mowbray
ought
to
clothe
the
world
with
our
resources
.
Why
Shuffle
and
Screw
can
turn
out
forty
mile
of
calico
per
day
;
but
where’s
the
returns
?
That’s
the
point
.
As
the
American
gentleman
said
who
left
his
bill
unpaid
,
‘Take
my
breadstuffs
and
I’ll
give
you
a
cheque
at
sight
on
the
Pennsylvanian
Bank.’
”
“
It’s
very
true
,
”
said
Mrs
Trotman
.
“
Who’s
there
?
”
“
Nothing
in
my
way
?
”
said
a
woman
with
a
basket
of
black
cherries
with
a
pair
of
tin
scales
thrown
upon
their
top
.
“
Ah
!
Mrs
Carey
,
”
said
Chaffing
Jack
,
“
is
that
you
?
”
“
My
mortal
self
,
Mr
Trotman
,
tho’
I
be
sure
I
feel
more
like
a
ghost
than
flesh
and
blood
.
”
“
You
may
well
say
that
Mrs
Carey
;
you
and
I
have
known
Mowbray
as
long
I
should
think
as
any
in
this
quarter
—
”
“
And
never
see
such
times
as
these
Mr
Trotman
,
nor
the
like
of
such
.
But
I
always
thought
it
would
come
to
this
;
everything
turned
topsy-turvy
as
it
were
,
the
children
getting
all
the
wages
,
and
decent
folk
turned
adrift
to
pick
up
a
living
as
they
could
.
It’s
something
of
a
judgment
in
my
mind
,
Mr
Trotman
.
”
“
It’s
the
trade
leaving
the
county
,
widow
,
and
no
mistake
.
”
“
And
how
shall
we
bring
it
back
again
?
”
said
the
widow
;
“
the
police
ought
to
interfere
.
”
“
We
must
have
cheap
bread
,
”
said
Mr
Trotman
.
“
So
they
tell
me
,
”
said
the
widow
;
“
but
whether
bread
be
cheap
or
dear
don’t
much
signify
,
if
we
have
nothing
to
buy
it
with
.
You
don’t
want
anything
in
my
way
,
neighbour
?
It’s
not
very
tempting
I
fear
,
”
said
the
good
widow
,
in
a
rather
mournful
tone
:
“
but
a
little
fresh
fruit
cools
the
mouth
in
this
sultry
time
,
and
at
any
rate
it
takes
me
into
the
world
.
It
seems
like
business
,
tho’
very
hard
to
turn
a
penny
by
;
but
one’s
neighbours
are
very
kind
,
and
a
little
chat
about
the
dreadful
times
always
puts
me
in
spirits
.
”
“
Well
,
we
will
take
a
pound
for
the
sake
of
trade
,
widow
,
”
said
Mrs
Trotman
.
“
And
here’s
a
glass
of
gin
and
water
,
widow
,
”
said
Mr
Trotman
,
“
and
when
Mowbray
rallies
you
shall
come
and
pay
for
it
.
”
“
Thank
you
both
very
kindly
,
”
said
the
widow
,
“
a
good
neighbour
as
our
minister
says
,
is
the
pool
of
Bethesda
;
and
as
you
say
,
Mowbray
will
rally
.
”
“
I
never
said
so
,
”
exclaimed
Chaffing
Jack
interrupting
her
.
“
Don’t
go
about
for
to
say
that
I
said
Mowbray
would
rally
.
My
words
have
some
weight
in
this
quarter
widow
;
Mowbray
rally
!
Why
should
it
rally
?
Where’s
the
elements
?
”
“
Where
indeed
?
”
said
Devilsdust
as
he
entered
the
Cat
and
Fiddle
with
Dandy
Mick
,
“
there
is
not
the
spirit
of
a
louse
in
Mowbray
.
”
“
That’s
a
true
bill
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
Is
there
another
white-livered
town
in
the
whole
realm
where
the
operatives
are
all
working
half-time
,
and
thanking
the
Capitalists
for
keeping
the
mills
going
,
and
only
starving
them
by
inches
?
”
said
Devilsdust
in
a
tone
of
scorn
.
“
That’s
your
time
of
day
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
Very
glad
to
see
you
,
gentlemen
,
”
said
Mr
Trotman
,
“
pray
be
seated
.
There’s
a
little
baccy
left
yet
in
Mowbray
,
and
a
glass
of
twist
at
your
service
.
”
“
Nothing
exciseable
for
me
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
Well
it
ayn’t
exactly
the
right
ticket
,
Mrs
Trotman
,
I
believe
,
”
said
Mick
,
bowing
gallantly
to
the
lady
;
“
but
‘pon
my
soul
I
am
so
thirsty
,
that
I’ll
take
Chaffing
Jack
at
his
word
;
”
and
so
saying
Mick
and
Devilsdust
ensconced
themselves
in
the
bar
,
while
good-hearted
Mrs
Carey
,
sipped
her
glass
of
gin
and
water
,
which
she
frequently
protested
was
a
pool
of
Bethesda
.
“
Well
Jack
,
”
said
Devilsdust
,
“
I
suppose
you
have
heard
the
news
?
”
“
If
it
be
anything
that
has
happened
at
Mowbray
,
especially
in
this
quarter
,
I
should
think
I
had
.
Times
must
be
very
bad
indeed
that
some
one
does
not
drop
in
to
tell
me
anything
that
has
happened
and
to
ask
my
advice
.
”
“
It’s
nothing
to
do
with
Mowbray
.
”
“
Thank
you
kindly
,
Mrs
Trotman
,
”
said
Mick
,
“
and
here’s
your
very
good
health
.
”
“
Then
I
am
in
the
dark
,
”
said
Chaffing
Jack
,
replying
to
the
previous
observation
of
Devilsdust
,
“
for
I
never
see
a
newspaper
now
except
a
week
old
,
and
that
lent
by
a
friend
,
I
who
used
to
take
my
Sun
regular
,
to
say
nothing
of
the
Dispatch
,
and
Bell’s
Life
.
Times
is
changed
,
Mr
Radley
.
”
“
You
speak
like
a
book
,
Mr
Trotman
,
”
said
Mick
,
“
and
here’s
your
very
good
health
.
But
as
for
newspapers
,
I’m
all
in
the
dark
myself
,
for
the
Literary
and
Scientific
is
shut
up
,
and
no
subscribers
left
,
except
the
honorary
ones
,
and
not
a
journal
to
be
had
except
the
Moral
World
and
that’s
gratis
.
”
“
As
bad
as
the
Temple
,
”
said
Chaffing
Jack
,
“
it’s
all
up
with
the
institutions
of
the
country
.
And
what
then
is
the
news
?
”
“
Labour
is
triumphant
in
Lancashire
,
”
said
Devilsdust
with
bitter
solemnity
.
“
The
deuce
it
is
,
”
said
Chaffing
Jack
.
“
What
,
have
they
raised
wages
?
”
“
No
,
”
said
Devilsdust
,
“
but
they
have
stopped
the
mills
.
”
“
That
won’t
mend
matters
much
,
”
said
Jack
with
a
puff
.
“
Won’t
it
?
”
“
The
working
classes
will
have
less
to
spend
than
ever
.
”
“
And
what
will
the
Capitalists
have
to
spend
?
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
Worse
and
worse
,
”
said
Mr
Trotman
,
“
you
will
never
get
institutions
like
the
Temple
re-opened
on
this
system
.
”
“
Don’t
you
be
afraid
Jack
,
”
said
Mick
,
tossing
off
his
tumbler
;
“
if
we
only
get
our
rights
,
won’t
we
have
a
blowout
!
”
“
We
must
have
a
struggle
,
”
said
Devilsdust
,
“
and
teach
the
Capitalists
on
whom
they
depend
,
so
that
in
future
they
are
not
to
have
the
lion’s
share
,
and
then
all
will
be
right
.
”
“
A
fair
day’s
wage
for
a
fair
day’s
work
,
”
said
Mick
;
“
that’s
your
time
of
day
.
”
“
It
began
at
Staleybridge
,
”
said
Devilsdust
,
“
and
they
have
stopped
them
all
;
and
now
they
have
marched
into
Manchester
ten
thousand
strong
.
They
pelted
the
police
—
”
“
And
cheered
the
red-coats
like
blazes
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
The
soldiers
will
fraternise
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
Do
what
?
”
said
Mrs
Trotman
.
“
Stick
their
bayonets
into
the
Capitalists
who
have
hired
them
to
cut
the
throats
of
the
working
classes
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
The
Queen
is
with
us
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
It’s
well
known
she
sets
her
face
against
gals
working
in
mills
like
blazes
.
”
“
Well
this
is
news
,
”
said
Mrs
Carey
.
“
I
always
thought
some
good
would
come
of
having
a
woman
on
the
throne
;
”
and
repeating
her
thanks
and
pinning
on
her
shawl
,
the
widow
retired
,
eager
to
circulate
the
intelligence
.
“
And
now
that
we
are
alone
,
”
said
Devilsdust
,
“
the
question
is
what
are
we
to
do
here
;
and
we
came
to
consult
you
,
Jack
,
as
you
know
Mowbray
better
than
any
living
man
.
This
thing
will
spread
.
It
won’t
stop
short
.
I
have
had
a
bird
too
singing
something
in
my
ear
these
two
days
past
.
If
they
do
not
stop
it
in
Lancashire
,
and
I
defy
them
,
there
will
be
a
general
rising
.
”
“
I
have
seen
a
many
things
in
my
time
,
”
said
Mr
Trotman
;
“
some
risings
and
some
strikes
,
and
as
stiff
turn-outs
as
may
be
.
But
to
my
fancy
there
is
nothing
like
a
strike
in
prosperous
times
;
there’s
more
money
sent
under
those
circumstances
than
you
can
well
suppose
,
young
gentlemen
.
It’s
as
good
as
Mowbray
Staty
any
day
.
”
“
But
now
to
the
point
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
The
people
are
regularly
sold
;
they
want
a
leader
.
”
“
Why
there’s
Gerard
,
”
said
Chaffing
Jack
;
“
never
been
a
better
man
in
my
time
.
And
Warner
—
the
greatest
man
the
Handlooms
ever
turned
out
.
”
“
Ay
,
ay
,
”
said
Devilsdust
;
“
but
they
have
each
of
them
had
a
year
and
a
half
,
and
that
cools
blood
.
”
“
Besides
,
”
said
Mick
,
“
they
are
too
old
;
and
Stephen
Morley
has
got
round
them
,
preaching
moral
force
and
all
that
sort
of
gammon
.
”
“
I
never
heard
that
moral
force
won
the
battle
of
Waterloo
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
I
wish
the
Capitalists
would
try
moral
force
a
little
,
and
see
whether
it
would
keep
the
thing
going
.
If
the
Capitalists
will
give
up
their
red-coats
,
I
would
be
a
moral
force
man
to-morrow
.
”
“
And
the
new
police
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
A
pretty
go
when
a
fellow
in
a
blue
coat
fetches
you
the
Devil’s
own
con
on
your
head
and
you
get
moral
force
for
a
plaister
.
”
“
Why
,
that’s
all
very
well
,
”
said
Chaffing
Jack
:
“
but
I
am
against
violence
—
at
least
much
.
I
don’t
object
to
a
moderate
riot
provided
it
is
not
in
my
quarter
of
the
town
.
”
“
Well
that’s
not
the
ticket
now
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
We
don’t
want
no
violence
;
all
we
want
is
to
stop
all
the
mills
and
hands
in
the
kingdom
,
and
have
a
regular
national
holiday
for
six
weeks
at
least
.
”
“
I
have
seen
a
many
things
in
my
time
,
”
said
Chaffing
Jack
solemnly
,
“
but
I
have
always
observed
that
if
the
people
had
worked
generally
for
half
time
for
a
week
they
would
stand
anything
.
”
“
That’s
a
true
bill
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
Their
spirit
is
broken
,
”
said
Chaffing
Jack
,
“
or
else
they
never
would
have
let
the
Temple
have
been
shut
up
.
”
“
And
think
of
our
Institute
without
a
single
subscriber
!
”
said
Mick
.
“
The
gals
is
the
only
thing
what
has
any
spirit
left
.
Julia
told
me
just
now
she
would
go
to
the
cannon’s
mouth
for
the
Five
Points
any
summer
day
.
”
“
You
think
the
spirit
can’t
be
raised
,
Chaffing
Jack
,
”
said
Devilsdust
very
seriously
.
“
You
ought
to
be
a
judge
.
”
“
If
I
don’t
know
Mowbray
who
does
?
Trust
my
word
,
the
house
won’t
draw
.
”
“
Then
it
is
U-P
,
”
said
Mick
.
“
Hush
!
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
But
suppose
it
spreads
?
”
“
It
won’t
spread
,
”
said
Chaffing
Jack
.
“
I’ve
seen
a
deal
of
these
things
.
I
fancy
from
what
you
say
it’s
a
cotton
squall
.
It
will
pass
,
Sir
.
Let
me
see
the
miners
out
and
then
I
will
talk
to
you
.
”
“
Stranger
things
than
that
have
happened
,
”
said
Devilsdust
.
“
Then
things
get
serious
,
”
said
Chaffing
Jack
.
“
Them
miners
is
very
stubborn
,
and
when
they
gets
excited
ayn’t
it
a
bear
at
play
,
that’s
all
?
”
“
Well
,
”
said
Devilsdust
,
“
what
you
say
is
well
worth
attention
;
but
all
the
same
I
feel
we
are
on
the
eve
of
a
regular
crisis
.
”
“
No
,
by
jingo
!
”
said
Mick
,
and
tossing
his
cap
into
the
air
he
snapped
his
fingers
with
delight
at
the
anticipated
amusement
.
CHAPTER
IV
.
“
I
don’t
think
I
can
stand
this
much
