preponderate, as, in the distance, many friends of the opposite party appeared to press forward. Mr. Longueville's friends, therefore, demanded a poll, which, to the great satisfaction of Mr. Glentworth, was fixed for the following morning at ten o'clock. After this, both parties returned as they came, each cheered by the loud hurrahs of their respective adherents, the number of which it was impossible to guess, as the bells were now ringing with all the force of their iron tongues, and "silence was displaced" by every possible contrivance.
Still there were words addressed to Arthur, which might be distinguished: he was "the noble captain, willing to go down with his men with the port in view," "his honour, the clammed* [1]sailor"—they wanted him "to speyk, and tell 'em all abowt things;" and, this being agreed to by dumb show, the party readily followed to the respective committee-rooms of the respective candidates.
The two principal inns of Keenborough were in the market-place of the town, and joined each other at right angles. The King's Head was the best house, but the Malhamshire Arms was as well
- ↑ * Yorkshire for starved by hunger.
