MR.

CRAWLEY IS TAKEN TO SILVERBRIDGE.
It had become necessary on the Monday morning that Mrs.Crawley should obtain from her husband an undertaking that he would present himself before the magistrates at Silverbridge on the Thursday.

She had been made to understand that the magistrates were sinning against the strict rule of the law in not issuing a warrant at once for Mr.
Crawley's apprehension; and that they were so sinning at the instance of Mr.Walker,--at whose instance they would have committed almost any sin practicable by a board of English magistrates, so great was their faith in him; and she knew that she was bound to answer her engagement.

She had also another task to perform--that, namely, of persuading him to employ an attorney for his defence; and she was prepared with the name of an attorney, one Mr.Mason, also of Silverbridge, who had been recommended to her by Mr.Walker.But when she came to the performance of these two tasks on the Monday morning, she found that she was unable to accomplish either of them.

Mr.
Crawley first declared that he would have nothing to do with any attorney.