She was
really happier when she found that she had to look after Mrs.
Coleman. She bustled about, taking directions from the doctor--not
without some scepticism, for she had notions of her own on the
subject of disease--and going up and down stairs continually to see
how her patient was getting on. It was curious that although she was
a heavy woman she was so active. She was always on her legs from
morning to night, and never seemed fatigued. Indeed, when she sat
still she was rather uncomfortable; and this was her weak point, for
her restlessness interfered with sewing and mending, which she
abominated.
The time for the march was close at hand. The Habeas Corpus Act had
meanwhile been suspended and every reformer had to walk very warily.
Ogden, in whose office it will be remembered that Zachariah was
engaged, had issued a handbill informing all the inhabitants of
Manchester and its neighbourhood that on the 10th March a meeting
would be held near St. Peter's Church of those persons who had
determined to carry their petitions to London. Zachariah, going to
his shop, as usual, on the morning of the 10th--a Monday--was
astonished to find that Ogden was arrested and in prison.
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