Barnaby Rudge Chapter 48

In which a vast and eager multitude, adorned with blue cockades, assembles at London Bridge, preparing to follow the fervent leadership of Lord George Gordon on a momentous and stirring day. Among them, young Barnaby Rudge, despite his mother's fearful protests, eagerly joins the throng, swept into the throes of an enthusiastic and relentless gathering that pulses with the heat and hymnody of patriotic zeal.