But friends, or the acquaintances they call friends, were with him, and they were 'in drink,' and abused the young woman; and she had her hand on the young man's arm, quoting Scripture.

Sad to relate of men bearing the name of Englishmen--and it was hardly much better if they pleaded intoxication!--they were not content to tear the young man from her grasp, they hustled her, pushed her out, dragged her in the street.
'It became me to step to her defence: she was meek,' said Skepsey.

'She had a great opinion of the efficacy of quotations from Scripture; she did not recriminate.

I was able to release her and the young man she protected, on condition of my going upstairs to give a display of my proficiency.

I had assured them, that the poor fellows who stood against me were not a proper match.