As to what might happen afterwards, he was then mainly indifferent.
The affair made much noise in the county, and was inquired into closely by many of the county magistrates; by none more closely than by John Newbold Gresham, who was then alive.

Mr Gresham was greatly taken with the energy and justice shown by Dr Thorne on the occasion; and when the trial was over, he invited him to Greshamsbury.

The visit ended in the doctor establishing himself in that village.
We must return for a moment to Mary Scatcherd.

She was saved from the necessity of encountering her brother's wrath, for that brother was under arrest for murder before he could get at her.

Her immediate lot, however, was a cruel one.