The cries and shouts of young Broom, when he saw the body in the water, had succeeded in arousing some men who slept at the distant brick-kilns; and the tidings soon spread, and crowds flocked up.

These people were eager to pour into Mr.Verner's room now, and state all _they_ knew, which was precisely the evidence not required; but of further testimony to the facts there was none.
"More may come out prior to the inquest; there's no knowing," observed Mr.Bitterworth, as the gentlemen stood in a group, before separating.
"It is a very dreadful thing, demanding the most searching investigation.

It is not likely she would throw herself in." "A well-conducted girl like Rachel Frost throw herself wilfully into a pond to be drowned!" indignantly repeated Mr.Verner.

"She would be one of the last to do it." "And equally one of the last to be thrown in," said Dr.West.

"Young women are not thrown into ponds without some cause; and I should think few ever gave less cause for maltreatment of any kind than she.