And above all else, it was now proved that the coming of the Lord was nigh, because bands of the elect everywhere were watching and waiting for the great event.

Her speech was well put forth in the midst of the weary descent.
She did not say more than was needed.

If there were drooping hearts among her friends they were probably cheered.
Then some more emotional talkers took up the exultant strain again.

It was hard for Trenholme not to estimate the inner hearts of all these women by the words that he heard, and therefore to attribute all the grace of the midnight hour to the dead.
When they got to the bottom of the hill, the farmer, at the request of men who had gone first, had another waggon in readiness to take home the women who had come to the hill on foot or who had sent away their vehicles.

Many of them did not belong to the village of Chellaston.