They gave him a hearty welcome, for they owed him no grudge; although before they had been ready enough to stone him, in order to maintain what they considered to be their rights.
The foregoing account, which I heard from two of the survivors, in the presence of a friend who can vouch for the accuracy of my repetition, has to a certain degree been confirmed by a letter from the Yorkshire gentleman, whose words I have already quoted.
"I am not surprised at your difficulty in authenticating matter-of-fact.
I find this in recalling what I have heard, and the authority on which I have heard anything.

As to the donkey tale, I believe you are right.

Mr.
Redhead and Dr.Ramsbotham, his son-in-law, are no strangers to me.

Each of them has a niche in my affections.
"I have asked, this day, two persons who lived in Haworth at the time to which you allude, the son and daughter of an acting trustee, and each of them between sixty and seventy years of age, and they assure me that the donkey was introduced.

One of them says it was mounted by a half-witted man, seated with his face towards the tail of the beast, and having several hats piled on his head.