She wished she had given more direct attention to these mottoes, but much of this procedure had been got up on impulse and little preparation made.

It was near to four o'clock on a fine November afternoon when the four hundred and fifty women began their movement towards Parliament Square.

A red sun was sinking behind the House of Lords, the blue of the misty buildings and street openings was enhanced by the lemon yellow lights of the newly-lit lamps.

The avenues converging on the Houses of Parliament were choked with people, and vehicles had to be diverted from the streets.

The men in the watching crowd covered the pavements and island "refuges," leaving the roadways to the little groups of struggling women, and the large force--a thousand or more--of opposing police.
It was said at the time that the Government of the day, realizing by their action or inaction in the House of Commons they had provoked this movement of Mrs.Pankhurst's, had prepared the policy with which to meet it.