She'll see her husband in the morning.' So he rode up to the Mills, and knocked his alarm, as we have seen and heard, and there told his tidings to poor Sally Nutter, vastly to the relief of Mistress Matchwell, the Blind Fiddler, and even of the sage, Dirt Davy; for there are persons upon the earth to whom a sudden summons of any sort always sounds like a call to judgment, and who, in any such ambiguous case, fill up the moments of suspense with wild conjecture, and a ghastly summing-up against themselves; can it be this--or that--or the other old, buried, distant villainy, that comes back to take me by the throat?
Having told his good news in a few dry words to Mrs.Sally, Mr.Lowe superadded a caution to the dark lady down stairs, in the face of which she, being quite reassured by this time, grinned and snapped her fingers, and in terms defied, and even cursed the tall magistrate without rising from the chair in which she had re-established herself in the parlour.

He mounted his hunter again, and followed the coach at a pace which promised soon to bring him up with that lumbering conveyance; for Mr.Lowe was one of those public officers who love their work, and the tenant of the Brass Castle was no common prisoner, and well worth seeing, though at some inconvenience, safely into his new lodging.
Next morning, you may be sure, the news was all over the town of Chapelizod.

All sorts of cross rumours and wild canards, of course, were on the wind, and every new fact or fib borne to the door-step with the fresh eggs, or the morning's milk and butter, was carried by the eager servant into the parlour, and swallowed down with their toast and tea by the staring company.
Upon one point all were agreed: Mr.Paul Dangerfield lay in the county gaol, on a charge of having assaulted Dr.Sturk with intent to kill him.
The women blessed themselves, and turned pale.

The men looked queer when they met one another.

It was altogether so astounding--Mr.Dangerfield was so rich--so eminent--so moral--so charitable--so above temptation.
It had come out that he had committed, some said three, others as many as fifteen secret murders.