He had not seen John since the eventful journey to London; nor had he seen him in London; but he knew well all that had occurred,--how the dealer in pollard had thrashed his cousin, Sir Felix, how he had been locked up by the police and then liberated,--and how he was now regarded in Bungay as a hero, as far as arms were concerned, but as being very "soft" in the matter of love. 
He had not seen John since the eventful journey to London, but he had heard all that had happened. John was now regarded in Bungay as a hero, though very "soft" in the matter of love.
