Well, sir, I will be off in twenty minutes.

I will run round at once and send Dr.
Hewett up to the Rectory, and a man shall start on horseback at seven o'clock with the summons to the other magistrates." John Thorndyke rode round to his three fellow magistrates, who, living nearest to the town, were most regular in their attendance at the meetings.

They all listened in surprise to his narrative, and expressed great pleasure at hearing that the men who had been such a pest to the neighborhood, and had caused them all personally a great deal of trouble, had been captured.

All had heard tales, too, to Arthur Bastow's disadvantage, and expressed great commiseration for his father.

They agreed to meet at the court half an hour before business began, to talk the matter over together.
"It is out of the question that we can release him on bail," the gentleman who was chairman of the bench said.