Father and son both agreed that the case should be laid before
Zachariah; but when Mr. Allen came back from London he merely said,
in answer to George's inquiries, that Zachariah and himself were in
perfect accord, and that at the meeting George was not to interfere.
CHAPTER XXVII--MR. BROAD'S LAST CHURCH MEETING--LATIMER CHAPEL
The eventful evening at last arrived. It had been announced from the
pulpit on the Sunday before that a special meeting of the church
would be held on the following Wednesday to consider certain
questions of discipline--nothing more--as it was not thought proper
before the general congregation to introduce matters with which the
church alone was qualified to deal. Everybody, however, knew what
was intended, and when Wednesday night came the vestry was crowded.
Mr. Broad sat in a seat slightly elevated at the end of the room,
with a desk before him. On his right hand was Brother Bushel, on the
left was Brother Scotton, and on the front bench were Brother
Wainwright and a few of the more important members, amongst whom was
Thomas Broad, who, although it was a week-day, was in full
ministerial costume; that is to say, he wore his black--not pepper-
and-salt--trousers and a white neckerchief.
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