He on the other side thundered at the door with the knocker, till that instrument had been unscrewed from within.

But still he could knock with his stick and shout with his voice; while the people outside the iron gates stood looking on in a crowd.

In the course of the day Robert Bolton endeavoured to get an order from the magistrates for the removal of Caldigate by the police.
But the mayor would not assent either to that.

Old Mr.Bolton was the owner of the house, and if there was a nuisance to be complained of, it was he that must complain.

The mayor during these days was much tried.
The steady married people of the borough,--the shopkeepers and their wives, the doctors and lawyers and clergymen,--were in favour of Mr.
and Mrs.Bolton.It was held to be fitting that a poor lady in Hester's unfortunate position should be consigned to the care of her parents till the matter had been settled.