These intruders came towards him and Lincoln gesticulating.

The voices without explained their soundless lips.

"Show us the Sleeper, show us the Sleeper!" was the burden of the uproar.

Men were bawling for "Order! Silence!" Graham glanced towards the open doorway, and saw a tall, oblong picture of the hall beyond, a waving, incessant confusion of crowded, shouting faces, men and women together, waving pale blue garments, extended hands.
Many were standing, one man in rags of dark brown, a gaunt figure, stood on the seat and waved a black cloth.

He met the wonder and expectation of the girl's eyes.