It is something to have brought the murderer to the punishment that he deserves.

But the knowledge that this most righteous act of retribution is accomplished brings no consolation with it.

The law does indeed punish Noah Truscott for his crime, but can it raise up Mary Mallinson from her last resting-place in the churchyard?
While writing of the law, I ought to record that the heartless wretch who allowed Mary to be struck down in his presence without making an attempt to defend her is not likely to escape with perfect impunity.
The policeman who looked after him to insure his attendance at the trial discovered that he had committed past offenses, for which the law can make him answer.

A summons was executed upon him, and he was taken before the magistrate the moment he left the court after giving his evidence.
I had just written these few lines, and was closing my journal, when there came a knock at the door.

I answered it, thinking that Robert had called on his way home to say good-night, and found myself face to face with a strange gentleman, who immediately asked for Anne Rodway.