Let this sinful people put on sackcloth and ashes.

Let them beseech God, by constant prayer, to forgive them, and they may prevail, but not otherwise." "And when are these fires to be lighted ?" asked the apprentice.
"To-night, at midnight," replied Solomon Eagle.
He then took Leonard by the hand, and led him back the same way he had brought him.

On reaching the spiral staircase, he said, "If you desire to behold a sight, such as a man has seldom witnessed, ascend to the summit of this tower an hour after midnight, when all these fires are lighted.

A small door on the left of the northern entrance shall be left open.

It will conduct you to the back of the choir, and you must then find your way hither as well as you can." Murmuring his thanks, Leonard hurried down the spiral staircase, and quitting the cathedral, proceeded in the direction of Wood-street.
Preparations were everywhere making for carrying the Lord Mayor's orders into effect; and such was the beneficial result anticipated, that a general liveliness prevailed, on reaching his master's residence, he found him at the shutter, curious to know what was going forward; and having informed him, the grocer immediately threw him down money to procure wood and coal.
"I have but little faith in the experiment," he said, "but the Lord Mayor's injunctions must be obeyed." With the help of Dallison, who had now arrived, Leonard Holt soon procured a large heap of fuel, and placed it in the middle of the street.