“I assured her that she would meet with immediate attention; and that English justice, which was no respecter of persons, would speedily and amply avenge her on the brutal ruffian who had plundered her little property. She promised me that she would; but she delayed taking steps the steps I pointed out from time to time: for she was timid and dejected to a degree which showed how deeply sorrow had taken hold of her young heart: and perhaps she thought justly that the most upright judge, and the most righteous tribunals, could do nothing to repair her heaviest wrongs.” ShameShynessThomas De QuinceyJurisdictional CondecentionThe Little Matchbox GirlVictorian Justice SystemVictorian Prostitution Book:Confessions of an English Opium Eater Source: Confessions of an English Opium Eater