Such, no doubt, was the determination of many among them not having those resources, in a familiarity with crime and criminal associations, which were common to Munro and Rivers.
The aspect of the village was somewhat varied from its wont.

Its people were not so far gone in familiarity with occurrences like those of the preceding day, as to be utterly insensible to their consequences; and a chill inertness pervaded all faces, and set at defiance every endeavor on the part of the few who had led, to put the greater number in better spirits, either with themselves or those around them.

They were men habituated, it may be, to villanies; but of a petty description, and far beneath that which we have just recorded.

It is not, therefore, to be wondered at, if, when the momentary impulse had passed away, they felt numerous misgivings.

They were all assembled, as on the day before--their new allies with them--arms in their hands, but seemingly without much disposition for their use.