Chapter 36: Admitted in asylum

The next day in the newspaper, bold words read—Murderer Found Not Guilty, Committed to Mental Institute.

Most of the people were in shock at how Sylvester Crowley was not charged and why the judge had changed his verdict. But then there were those who had witnessed how the accused had tried to attack his lawyer out of nowhere, and word had begun to spread about this unknown illness. 

In Reinhart's residence, Jane held the newspaper in her hand. Her coachman, who was done stacking up the logs of wood inside the living room, noticed her stare outside the window. 

"Milady, you didn't stay behind yesterday in the courtroom," the coachman said softly without startling her.