"I suppose he'll do pretty well, but he's not the right man to come after you. However, I am powerless now."
"Yes, order is safe again. By the way, I hear your friends made a little disturbance last night."
"Oh, yes; that headstrong fellow Todd. We can never hold him. It came to nothing, I suppose?"
"They arrested him, you know. But, Medland, I doubt——"
The driver turned round suddenly.
"Did you say Medland, sir?" he asked the Chief Justice. "Is this gentleman Mr. Medland?"
"What, didn't you know me?"
"No, sir; I'm only just out from England. But, if you're Mr. Medland, don't you know, sir—begging your pardon—what's happened about Todd?"
"No; what?"
"There's a fine row up at the prison, sir. Two or three thousand of 'em went up there this morning to take him out, and the Governor's up there with the Volunteers, and they say there's going to be a big fight and——"