Mr.Smirkie, no doubt, had had a former wife, but no one would call him a bigamist.
In what a condition might her poor Julia have been but for that interposition of Providence! For Aunt Polly regarded poor Hester Bolton as having been quite a providential incident, furnished expressly for the salvation of Julia.

Hitherto Mr.Bromley had been very short in his expressions respecting the Folking tragedy, having simply declared that, judging by character, he could not conceive that a man such as Caldigate would have been guilty of such a crime.

But now he was being put through his facings more closely by his brother-in-law.
'Why should I want to separate them ?' 'Because the evidence of his guilt is so strong.' 'That is for a jury to judge.' 'Yes; and if a jury should decide that there had been no Australian marriage,--which I fear we can hardly hope;--but if a jury were to decide that, then of course she could go back to him.

But while there is a doubt, I should have thought, Tom, you certainly would have seen it, even though you never have had a wife of your own.' 'I think I see all that there is to see,' said the other.

'If the poor lady has been deceived and betrayed, no punishment can be too heavy for the man who has so injured her.