The multitude was now roused, and a contest seemed threatening.  The lictors had taken their stand around Icilius; they did not, however, proceed beyond threats, while Appius said that it was not Verginia who was being defended by Icilius, but that, being a restless man, and even now breathing the spirit of the tribuneship, he was seeking an opportunity for creating a disturbance.  That he would not afford him the chance of doing so on that day; but in order that he might now know that the concession had been made not to his petulance, but to the absent Verginius, to the name of father and to liberty, that he would not decide the case on that day, nor introduce a decree:  that he would request Marcus Claudius to forego somewhat of his right, and to suffer the girl to be bailed till the next day.  However, unless the father attended on the following day, he gave notice to Icilius and to men like Icilius, that, as the framer of it, he would maintain his own law, as a decemvir, his firmness:  that he would certainly not assemble the lictors of his colleagues to put down the promoters of sedition; that he would be content with his own.  When the time of this act of injustice had been deferred, and the friends of the maiden had retired, it was first of all determined that the brother of Icilius, and the son of Numitorius, both active young men, should proceed thence straight to the city gate, and that Verginius should be summoned from the camp with all possible haste:  that the safety of the girl depended on his being present next day at the proper time, to protect her from wrong.  They proceeded according to directions, and galloping at full speed, carried the news to her father.  When the claimant of the maiden was pressing Icilius to lay claim to her, and give bail for her appearance, and Icilius said that that was the very thing that was being done, purposely wasting the time, until the messengers sent to the camp should finish their journey, the multitude raised their hands on all sides, and every one showed himself ready to go surety for Icilius.  And he, with his eyes full of tears, said:  “This is a great favour; to-morrow I will avail myself of your assistance:  at present I have sufficient sureties.”  Thus Verginia was bailed on the security of her relations.  Appius, having delayed a short time, that he might not appear to have sat on account of that case alone, when no one made application to him, all other concerns being set aside owing to the interest displayed in this one case, betook himself home, and wrote to his colleague in the camp, not to grant leave of absence to Verginius, and even to keep him in confinement.  This wicked scheme was too late, as it deserved:  for Verginius, having already obtained his leave had set out at the first watch, while the letter regarding his detention was delivered on the following morning without effect.