He had to confess that there was even an element of relief in the sensations the event had caused in him.

He had been saved from himself; a position of affairs which had become intolerable was got rid of without his own exertion.

Whatever might now happen, the old state of things would never be restored.
There was relief and pleasure in the thought of such a change, were it only for the sake of the opening up of new vistas of observation and experience.

Such thoughts as these indicated very strongly the course which Waymark's development was taking, and he profited by them to obtain a clearer understanding of himself.
The proceedings in the court that morning were brief.

Waymark, from his seat on the public benches, saw Ida brought forward, and heard her remanded for a week.