“From whom are you a committee,” asked Clark, opening a window.
“From the whole people.”
“I shall have nothing to do with you.”
“Then you will be regarded as an enemy of your country,” replied Molineux.
“Out with them!” cried somebody.
“Hold on. Don’t let us make fools of ourselves,” said Tom Brandon.
There was a murmuring in the crowd.
“In the king’s name, I command you to disperse,” said the sheriff, stepping forward.
It was not he, however, but Doctor Warren, who, by a wave of his hand, stilled the people, and persuaded them to depart.