In england, there was scarcely an amount of order and protection to justify much national boasting. daring burglaries by armed men, and highway robberies, took place in the capital itself every night; families were publicly cautioned not to go out of town without removing their furniture to upholsterers' warehouses for security; the highwayman in the dark was a city tradesman in the light, and, being recognised and challenged by his fellow- tradesman whom he stopped in his character of "the captain," gallantly shot him through the head and rode away; the mall was waylaid by seven robbers, and the guard shot three dead, and then got shot dead himself by the other four, "in consequence of the failure of his ammunition: " after which the mall was robbed in peace; that magnificent potentate, the lord mayor of london, was made to stand and deliver on turnham green, by one highwayman, who despoiled the illustrious creature in sight of all his retinue; complete the sentences. the excerpt is a description from a victorian novel. the author engages in __ in __ tone. the excerpt suggests that the novel is written in a style.