CHAPTER XVII.
THE FIGHT IN THE HOUSE.
[Sidenote: The fatal Thursday.] By this time everybody has read to his heart's content all the proceedings of that historic and dreadful Thursday night.

I have already published elsewhere an account of my experiences; and within my limits here I must somewhat curtail the story.

But it is well to correct some of the many errors which have found their way into the press.

In the slight reaction which has followed the first wild outburst, it is now seen that there were certain exaggerations in the accounts.

For instance, though there was an exchange of blows, altogether not more than five people were concerned in this most odious part of the whole transaction.
[Sidenote: Herod--Judas.] The row began in a curious kind of way; and, indeed, to properly understand the events of the night, it is necessary to make a perfectly complete separation between two distinct periods.