So it was with this riot. The public journals were heavy that morning with reports of gathering disturbances in the upper parts of the city, and there was a general feeling of apprehension of coming trouble. But when it actually came, people living in the houses in the upper reaches of the town saw nothing of it, even though it was then in actual progress within a mile of their own door-sills. It was not until three or four o'clock in the afternoon that Gilderman heard of the attack made upon the Temple. He had been called away from home for a couple of days, and, being tired, had remained in the house that Sunday morning with his wife. The diamond necklace had been brought home from Brock's the evening before, and he had that morning given it to Mrs. Gilderman in the bon-bon box, as he had planned. They had both been very happy. It was only on his way to the club that he met Ryan and Stirling West coming to find him with news of the riot. The three went off together down to the rectory of the Church of the Advent, where the Caiaphases were still living until the 1st of May should take the late bishop's family into their new lodgings. The attack had been made just after the closing of the morning services, and there were all kinds of exaggerated reports about the affair. West, with a good deal of hesitation, told Gilderman that it was said that Bishop Caiaphas had been assaulted, and that he had only been saved from serious injury by the aid of the police. "That is not so, I know," said Gilderman. "The bishop wasn't at the Temple at all to-day. He told me only last night that he was to be out of town this morning, at the consecration of the Church of Beth-el." "Is that so?" said West. "Well, these things are always confoundedly exaggerated, you know. I'm precious glad that the dear old boy wasn't in the beastly row. I heard that he was knocked down and beaten." "It's probably altogether a false report made out of the whole cloth," said Gilderman. "Think so?" said West. "Well, I'm glad if it is so. Anyhow, it is certain that there was an attack on the Temple." The three young men met the bishop just at the entrance of the park. His brougham drew up to the sidewalk when he caught sight of Gilderman and his friends. He was very agitated. He said that he was on his way to visit Pilate and to see if the governor would not take some steps to prevent the recurrence of any further rioting. He said that Mr. Doling and Mr. Latimer (the latter a cousin of Latimer-Moire's) had been to see Herod, but it seemed to be somehow very difficult to get the authorities to take any steps in suppressing the disturbance. "I should be very reluctant to think," said the bishop, and his voice trembled as he spoke--"I should be very reluctant to think that the authorities should take less interest in the protection of church property than of private or city property."