After a talk with Luke Marner early in the morning Bill Swinton went down into Marsden to hear if there was any news of Ned.

He was soon back again.
"Maister Ned's took," he said as he met Luke, who was standing in front of his cottage awaiting his return before starting out to renew his search for Ned.
"Oi hear, at noine o'clock last noight he walked in to Justice Thompson's and said as he had coom to give hisself up.

He said as how he had been over at Painton, where the old woman as was his nurse lives; and directly as the news coom in t' arternoon as Foxey had been killed and he was wanted for the murder, he coom straight over." "That's roight," Luke said heartily; "that settles it.

He must ha' been innocent or he would ha' bolted straight away, and not coom back and gi'd hisself oop to justice.

It were only his hiding away as maade oi think as he moight ha' done it.