And he was not the man to get through these things lightly, or with as
much ease as he perhaps might conscientiously have done. He would pay
for the defence of the prisoner; he would pay for the defence of his
brother's memory; and he would pay for the poor girl's comforts. He
would do this, and he would allow no one to help him. He stood alone
in the world, and insisted on so standing. Old Mr Thorne of Ullathorne
offered again to open his arms to him; but he had conceived a foolish
idea that his cousin's severity had driven his brother on to his bad
career, and he would consequently accept no kindness from Ullathorne.
Miss Thorne, the old squire's daughter--a cousin considerably older
than himself, to whom he had at one time been much attached--sent him
money; and he returned it to her under a blank cover. He had still
enough for those unhappy purposes which he had in hand. 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, 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 the 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. Deep as was her cause for anger against the
man who had so inhumanly used her, still it was natural that she should
turn to him with love rather than with aversion. To whom else could
she in such plight look for love? When, therefore, she heard that he
was slain, her heart sank within her; she turned her face to the wall,