"Look down there.

Something's happened." There was a swirl in the crowd below.

Men were running around a corner of the court-house, and the women and children were harking after.

They went so fast, and there were so many of them, that immediately that whole portion of the yard became a pushing, tugging, pulling, squirming jam of people.
"It's on the other side," said Lige.

"We can see from the hall window.
Come quick, before these other folks fill it up." They followed him across the building, and looked down on an agitated swarm of faces.