The members were outraged by the disorder, and the House held out at Westminster all that long July day, capitulating and reinstating the Committee of Safety only at about eight o’clock that evening, and only after the rioters had actually invaded the House and threatened the members. The Independent members were so shaken that they fled from London before the next session. The result, though, was to leave the Presbyterian majority in complete control of London. The Committee of Safety resumed its place in the Guildhall and at once re-enlisted the Reformadoes who’d put it there. It sent out a summons to the militia, ordering the men to muster on pain of death. The day after the order went out, Lucy arrived at the barn to find Ned in the loft beside Jamie. ‘A lieutenant of my company sent a warning,’ Ned explained grimly. ‘He said they were coming to arrest me as a ringleader of a mutiny.’ ‘Of course they were,’ said Jamie placidly. ‘How many other sergeants distribute pamphlets urging their men not to fight?’ Ned gave a snort.
