When Mr Garland finds evidence as to the whereabouts Nell and her grandfather are and Kit and Frederick go to find them. Unfortunately, by the time they arrive they find that the dreadful life Nell has been forced into has taken her life and her grandfather, his mind even more deranged, completely refuses to believe that his beloved granddaughter is dead and spends every day sitting by her grave waiting for her to return; until he himself dies a few months later and is once more reunited with Nell