Ambrose and Silas Meadowcroft were charged before the magistrate with the willful murder of John Jago.

I was cited to appear as one of the witnesses; and, at Naomi's own request, I took the poor girl into court, and sat by her during the proceedings.

My host also was present in his invalid-chair, with his daughter by his side.
Such was the result of my voyage across the ocean in search of rest and quiet; and thus did time and chance fulfill my first hasty foreboding of the dull life I was to lead at Morwick Farm!.