For the trade was still going on.

Every day, perhaps, some new act of barbarity was taking place.
And one example, if made, might counteract the evil for a time.

I seemed, therefore to incline to stir in this matter, and thought, if I should get into any difficulty about it, it would be better to do it without consulting Mr.Burges, than, after having done it, to fly as it were in his face.

I then sent for the woman, and told her, that she might appear with the witnesses at the Common Hall, where the magistrates usually sat on a certain day.
We all met at the time appointed, and I determined to sit as near to the mayor as I could get.

The hall was unusually crowded.