eight o'clock in the morning
`` Hugh has suggested that it is likely that he has in his pay the same boatmen whom he employed last year to murder us . As a first step , let one of your clerks go down with an officer to the quay , and inquire what boats left here yesterday or in the night . Hugh will put on a rough fisherman 's suit , and with his hat well down over his brows , will stroll along by the water , to see if he recognizes the face of any of the men . '' At eight o'clock in the morning there was a meeting of the council of the town , to determine upon the measures to be taken to discover the authors of this disgraceful outbreak , and to take steps for the recovery of the daughter of the leading citizen of the town . Criers had already gone round to offer rewards for information ; and a proclamation was now issued by the magistrates , calling upon every citizen to do his best to aid in the search . A committee was appointed , to investigate all information which might be brought in . All Dort was in a state of excitement ; parties of the burgher guard still patrolled the town ; numerous arrests were made in the skinners ' and butchers ' quarters ; groups of people assembled and talked over the events of the night ; and indignation at the riot and assault upon Mynheer van Duyk , and pity for himself and his daughter , were loudly expressed on all sides .