Two of the men brought a lantern and walked behind.

When they came to the house whose roof was found to cover Saul, a party of eight entered to hear and pronounce upon his explanation.

Certainly, if Trenholme had had the management of the business, he would not have proceeded in this fashion, but he had no choice.
The carter had been drinking whisky--not much as yet, but enough to give him a greater command of words than he ordinarily possessed.

When he saw Trenholme among the band who were inquiring for him, he manifested distinct signs of terror, but not at his visitors; his ghastly glances were at door and window, and he drew nearer to the company for protection.

It was plainly what they had to tell, not what they had to demand, that excited him to trembling; the assembled neighbourhood seemed to strike him in the light of a safeguard.