All the light upon the scene came from a smoking torch which one of the housebreakers held.
Some twenty men might have been there inside the room and out.

The women could barely see that Smith was borne out in the midst of the band.

He struggled fiercely when aroused, but was overpowered by numbers.
The owners of the house came down from above, huddling together and holding Emma, who would have thrown herself in the midst of the mob.
Susannah had not undressed.

She threw her cloak over her head and ran out, determined to go to the village and demand help in the name of law and a common humanity.

She was in a mood to be reckless in aiding the cause she had espoused.
By the glow of the torch which the felons held she saw the group close about the one struggling man as they carried him away.