[Catherine: A Story by William Makepeace Thackeray]@TWC D-Link bookCatherine: A Story CHAPTER IV 12/12
At their head was no other than her old friend, Mr.Peter Brock; he had his sword drawn, and his finger to his lips, enjoining silence, as it were, to Mrs. Catherine.
He with the patch on his eye seized incontinently on Mr. Hayes; the tall man with the halberd kept the door; two or three heroes supported the one-eyed man; who, with a loud voice, exclaimed, "Down with your arms--no resistance! you are my prisoner, in the Queen's name!" And here, at this lock, we shall leave the whole company until the next chapter; which may possibly explain what they were..
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