Glancing over the crowd as if looking for someone there, his piercing gaze caught my eye. With that one casual eye lock, I would have expected violins to begin to play and all motion to be suspended while I tried to catch my breath.

They worked to maintain law and order.

An' they geet howd on her, and carried her into Sally Grimshaw's, an' laid her upo' th' couch cheer, as dateless as a stone !

I am very well in spite of a restless and nightmary night. I kept dreaming about the Lord Mayoralty and seeing Brooks' bald head in my seat and half awake kept wishing and wishing I were back again.