You told them to do this.

And they have nearly killed me,--me and my baby.' In the meantime William Bolton up-stairs was very decided in his opinion that they must at once allow Caldigate to take her back to Folking.

She had, as he said, proved herself to be too strong for them.

The experiment had been tried and had failed.

No doubt it would be better,--so he thought,--that she should remain for the present at the Grange; so much better that a certain show of force had been justified.
But as things were going, no further force would be justified.