satdown
,
very
tired
of
this
preliminary
work
,
and
wondering
when
he
should
have
the
luck
to
conduct
such
a
case
as
Hardie
v.
Hardie
;
and
leaned
forward
to
be
ready
to
prompt
his
senior
,
a
portly
counsel
,
whom
Mr.
Compton
had
retained
because
he
was
great
at
addressing
juries
,
and
no
point
of
law
could
now
arise
in
the
Case
.
Colt
,
Q
.
C
.
,
rose
like
a
tower
,
knowing
very
little
of
the
facts
,
and
seeming
to
know
everything
.
He
had
a
prodigious
business
,
and
was
rather
indolent
,
and
often
skimmed
his
brief
at
home
,
and
then
mastered
it
in
court
—
if
he
got
time
.
Now
,
it
is
a
good
general
's
policy
to
open
a
plaintiffs
case
warily
,
and
reserve
your
rhetoric
for
the
reply
;
and
Mr.
Colt
always
took
this
line
when
his
manifold
engagements
compelled
him
,
as
in
Hardie
v.
Hardie
,
to
teach
his
case
first
and
learn
it
afterwards
.
I
will
only
add
,
that
in
the
course
of
his
opening
he
was
on
the
edge
of
seven
distinct
blunders
;
but
Garrow
watched
him
and
always
shot
a
whisper
like
a
bullet
just
in
time
.
Colt
took
it
,
and
glided
away
from
incipient
error
imperceptibly
,
and
with
a
tact
you
can
have
no
conception
of
.
The
jury
did
not
detect
the
creaking
of
this
machinery
;
Serjeant
Saunders
did
,
and
grinned
satirically
;
so
did
poor
Julia
,
and
her
cheeks
burned
and
her
eyes
flashed
indignant
fire
.
And
horror
of
horrors
,
Alfred
did
not
appear
.
Mr.
Colt
's
opening
may
be
thus
condensed
:
The
plaintiff
was
a
young
gentleman
of
great
promise
and
distinction
,
on
whom
,
as
usual
in
these
cases
of
false
imprisonment
,
money
was
settled
.
He
was
a
distinguished
student
at
Eton
and
Oxford
,
and
no
doubt
was
ever
expressed
of
his
sanity
till
he
proposed
to
marry
,
and
take
his
money
out
of
his
trustees
hands
by
a
marriage
settlement
.
On
this
his
father
,
who
up
to
that
time
had
managed
his
funds
as
principal
trustee
,
showed
him
great
personal
hostility
for
some
time
,
and
looked
out
for
a
tool
:
that
tool
he
soon
found
in
his
brother
,
the
defendant
,
a
person
who
,
it
would
be
proved
,
had
actually
not
seen
the
plaintiff
for
a
year
and
a
half
,
yet
,
with
great
recklessness
and
inhumanity
,
had
signed
away
his
liberty
and
his
happiness
behind
his
back
.
Then
tools
of
another
kind
—
the
kind
that
anybody
can
buy
,
a
couple
of
doctors
—
were
,
as
usual
,
easily
found
to
sign
the
certificates
.
One
of
these
doctors
had
never
seen
him
but
for
five
minutes
,
and
signed
in
manifest
collusion
with
the
other
.
They
decoyed
this
poor
young
gentleman
away
on
his
wedding
morning
—
on
his
wedding
morning
,
gentlemen
,
mark
that
—
and
consigned
him
to
the
worst
of
all
dungeons
.
What
he
suffered
there
he
must
himself
relate
to
you
;
for
we
,
who
have
the
happiness
to
walk
abroad
in
the
air
of
reason
and
liberty
,
are
little
able
to
realise
the
agony
of
mind
endured
by
a
sane
man
confined
among
the
insane
.
What
we
undertake
is
to
prove
his
sanity
up
to
the
very
hour
of
his
incarceration
;
and
also
that
he
was
quite
sane
at
the
time
when
a
brutal
attempt
to
recapture
him
by
violence
was
made
under
the
defendant
's
order
,
and
defeated
by
his
own
remarkable
intelligence
and
courage
.
Along
with
the
facts
the
true
reason
why
he
was
imprisoned
will
probably
come
out
.
But
I
am
not
bound
to
prove
sinister
motives
.
It
is
for
the
defendant
to
prove
,
if
he
can
,
that
he
had
lawful
motives
for
a
lawless
act
;
and
that
he
exercised
due
precaution
,
and
did
not
lend
himself
recklessly
to
the
dark
designs
of
others
.
If
he
succeed
in
this
,
that
may
go
in
mitigation
of
damages
,
though
it
cannot
affect
the
verdict
.
Our
principal
object
is
the
verdict
,
which
will
remove
the
foul
aspersion
cast
on
my
injured
client
,
and
restore
him
to
society
.
And
to
this
verdict
we
are
entitled
,
unless
the
other
side
can
prove
the
plaintiff
was
insane
.
Call
Alfred
Hardie
.
And
with
this
he
sat
down
.
An
official
called
Alfred
Hardie
very
loud
;
he
made
no
reply
.
Julia
rose
from
her
seat
with
dismay
painted
on
her
countenance
.
Compton
's
,
Garrow
's
,
and
Colt
's
heads
clashed
together
.
Mr.
Colt
jumped
up
again
,
and
said
,
“
My
Lud
,
I
was
not
aware
the
gentleman
they
accuse
of
insanity
is
just
being
examined
for
high
honours
in
the
University
of
Oxford
.
”
Aside
to
Compton
,
“
And
if
he
does
n't
come
you
may
give
them
the
verdict
.
”
“
Well
,
”
said
the
judge
,
“
of
course
he
will
be
here
before
you
close
your
case
.
”
On
this
the
three
heads
clashed
again
,
and
Serjeant
Saunders
,
for
the
defendant
,
popped
up
and
said
with
great
politeness
,
and
affectation
of
sympathy
,
“
My
Lud
,
I
can
quite
understand
my
learned
friend
's
hesitation
to
produce
his
,
principal
witness
.
”
“
You
understand
nothing
about
the
matter
,
”
said
Colt
cavalierly
.
“
Call
Mr.
Harrington
.
”
Mr.
Harrington
was
Alfred
's
tutor
at
Eton
,
and
deposed
to
his
sanity
there
;
he
was
not
cross-examined
.
After
him
they
went
on
step
by
step
with
a
fresh
witness
for
every
six
months
,
till
they
brought
him
close
to
the
date
of
his
incarceration
;
then
they
put
in
one
of
Julia
's
witnesses
,
Peterson
,
who
swore
Alfred
had
talked
to
him
like
a
sane
person
that
very
morning
;
and
repeated
what
had
passed
.
Cross-examination
only
elicited
that
he
and
Alfred
were
no
longer
good
friends
,
which
rather
strengthened
the
evidence
.
Then
Giles
and
Hannah
,
now
man
and
wife
,
were
called
,
and
swore
he
was
sane
all
the
time
he
was
at
Silverton
House
.
Mr.
Saunders
diminished
the
effect
by
eliciting
that
they
had
left
on
bad
terms
with
Mr.
Baker
,
and
that
Alfred
had
given
them
money
since
.
But
this
was
half
cured
on
re-examination
,
by
being
set
down
to
gratitude
on
Alfred
's
part
.
And
now
the
judge
went
to
luncheon
;
and
in
came
a
telegraphic
message
to
say
Alfred
was
in
the
fast
train
coming
up
.
This
was
good
news
and
bad
.
They
had
hoped
he
would
drop
in
before
.
They
were
approaching
that
period
of
the
case
,
when
not
to
call
the
plaintiff
must
produce
a
vile
impression
.
The
judge
—
out
of
good
nature
,
I
suspect
—
was
longer
at
luncheon
than
usual
,
and
every
minute
was
so
much
gained
to
Mr.
Compton
and
Julia
,
who
were
in
a
miserable
state
of
anxiety
.
Yet
it
was
equalled
by
Richard
Hardie
's
,
who
never
entered
the
court
but
paced
the
hall
the
livelong
day
to
intercept
Noah
Skinner
.
And
,
when
I
tell
you
that
Julia
had
consulted
Mr.
Green
,
and
that
he
had
instantly
pronounced
Mr.
Barkington
to
be
a
man
from
Barkington
who
knew
the
truth
about
the
fourteen
thousand
pounds
,
and
that
the
said
Green
and
his
myrmidons
were
hunting
Mr.
Barkington
like
beagles
,
you
will
see
that
R
.
Hardie
's
was
no
vain
terror
.
At
last
the
judge
returned
,
and
Mr.
Colt
was
obliged
to
put
in
his
reserves
;
so
called
Dr.
Sampson
.
Instantly
a
very
dull
trial
became
an
amusing
one
;
the
scorn
with
which
he
treated
the
opinion
of
Dr.
Wycherley
and
Mr.
Speers
,
and
medical
certificates
in
general
,
was
so
droll
coming
from
a
doctor
,
and
so
racily
expressed
,
that
the
court
was
convulsed
.
Also
in
cross-examination
by
Saunders
he
sparred
away
in
such
gallant
style
with
that
accomplished
advocate
that
it
was
mighty
refreshing
.
The
judge
put
in
a
few
intelligent
questions
after
counsel
had
done
,
and
surprised
all
the
doctors
in
court
with
these
words
:
“
I
am
aware
,
sir
,
that
you
were
the
main
instrument
in
putting
down
bloodletting
in
this
country
.
”
What
made
Sampson
's
evidence
particularly
strong
was
that
he
had
seen
the
plaintiff
the
evening
before
his
imprisonment
.
At
this
moment
three
men
,
all
of
them
known
to
the
reader
,
entered
the
court
;
one
was
our
old
acquaintance
Fullalove
,
another
was
of
course
Vespasian
;
and
the
third
was
the
missing
plaintiff
.
A
buzz
announced
his
arrival
;
and
expectation
rose
high
.
Mr.
Colt
called
him
with
admirably
feigned
nonchalance
;
he
stepped
into
the
box
,
and
there
was
a
murmur
of
surprise
and
admiration
at
his
bright
countenance
and
manly
bearing
.
Of
course
to
give
his
evidence
would
be
to
write
“
Hard
Cash
”
over
again
.
It
is
enough
to
say
that
his
examination
in
chief
lasted
all
that
day
,
and
an
hour
of
the
next
.
Colt
took
him
into
the
asylum
,
and
made
him
say
what
he
had
suffered
there
to
swell
the
damages
.
The
main
points
his
examination
in
chief
established
were
his
sanity
during
his
whole
life
,
the
money
settled
on
him
,
the
means
the
doctors
took
to
irritate
him
,
and
then
sign
him
excited
,
the
subserviency
of
his
uncle
to
his
father
,
the
double
motive
his
father
had
in
getting
him
imprisoned
;
the
business
of
the
14
,
000l
.
.
When
Colt
sat
down
at
eleven
o'clock
on
the
second
day
,
the
jury
looked
indignant
,
and
the
judge
looked
very
grave
,
and
the
case
very
black
.
Mr.
Saunders
electrified
his
attorney
by
saying
,
“
My
advice
is
,
do
n't
cross-examine
him
.
”
Heathfield
implored
him
not
to
take
so
strange
a
course
.
On
this
Saunders
shrugged
his
shoulders
,
rose
,
and
cross-examined
Alfred
about
the
vision
of
one
Captain
Dodd
he
had
seen
,
and
about
his
suspicions
of
his
father
.
“
Had
not
Richard
Hardie
always
been
a
kind
and
liberal
father
?
”
To
this
he
assented
.
“
Had
he
not
sacrificed
a
large
fortune
to
his
creditors
?
”
Plaintiff
believed
so
.
“
On
reflection
,
then
,
did
not
plaintiff
think
he
must
have
been
under
an
illusion
?
”
No
;
he
had
gone
by
direct
evidence
.
Confining
himself
sagaciously
to
this
one
question
,
and
exerting
all
his
skill
and
pertinacity
,
Saunders
succeeded
in
convincing
the
court
that
the
Hard
Cash
was
a
myth
:
a
pure
chimera
.
The
defendant
's
case
looked
up
;
for
there
are
many
intelligent
madmen
with
a
single
illusion
.
The
re-examination
was
of
course
very
short
,
but
telling
;
for
Alfred
swore
that
Miss
Julia
Dodd
had
helped
him
to
carry
home
the
phantom
of
her
father
,
and
that
Miss
Dodd
had
a
letter
from
her
father
to
say
that
he
was
about
to
sail
with
the
other
phantom
,
the
14
,
000l
.
.
Here
Mr.
Saunders
interposed
,
and
said
that
evidence
was
inadmissible
.
Let
him
call
Miss
Dodd
.
Colt
.
—
How
do
you
know
I
'm
not
going
to
call
her
?
The
Judge
.
—
If
you
are
,
it
is
superfluous
;
if
not
,
it
is
inadmissible
.
Mr.
Compton
cast
an
inquiring
glance
up
at
a
certain
gallery
.
A
beautiful
girl
bowed
her
head
in
reply
,
with
a
warm
blush
and
such
a
flash
of
her
eye
,
and
Mr.
Colt
said
,
“
As
my
learned
friend
was
afraid
to
cross-examine
the
plaintiff
on
any
point
but
this
,
and
as
I
mean
to
respond
to
his
challenge
,
and
call
Miss
Dodd
,
I
will
not
trouble
the
plaintiff
any
further
.
”
Through
the
whole
ordeal
Alfred
showed
a
certain
flavour
of
Eton
and
Oxford
that
won
all
hearts
.
His
replies
were
frank
and
honest
,
and
under
cross-examination
he
was
no
more
to
be
irritated
than
if
Saunders
had
been
Harrow
bowling
at
him
,
or
the
Robin
sparring
with
him
.
The
serjeant
,
who
was
a
gentleman
,
indicated
some
little
regret
at
the
possible
annoyance
he
was
causing
him
.
Alfred
replied
with
a
grand
air
of
good
fellowship
,
“
Do
not
think
so
poorly
of
me
as
to
suppose
I
feel
aggrieved
because
you
are
an
able
advocate
and
do
your
duty
to
your
client
,
sir
.
”
The
Judge
.
—
That
is
very
handsomely
said
.
I
am
afraid
you
have
got
an
awkward
customer
,
in
a
case
of
this
kind
,
Brother
Saunders
.
Serjt
.
S.
—
It
is
not
for
want
of
brains
he
is
mad
,
my
lord
.
Alfred
.
—
That
is
a
comfort
,
any
way
.
(
Laughter
.
)
When
counsel
had
done
with
him
,
the
judge
used
his
right
,
and
put
several
shrewd
and
unusual
questions
to
him
:
asked
him
to
define
insanity
.
He
said
he
could
only
do
it
by
examples
:
and
he
abridged
several
intelligent
madmen
,
their
words
and
ways
;
and
contrasted
them
with
the
five
or
six
sane
people
he
had
fallen
in
with
in
asylums
;
showing
his
lordship
plainly
that
he
could
tell
any
insane
person
whatever
from
a
sane
one
,
and
vice
versa
.
This
was
the
most
remarkable
part
of
the
trial
,
to
see
this
shrewd
old
judge
extracting
from
a
real
observer
and
logical
thinker
those
positive
indicia
of
sanity
and
insanity
,
which
exist
,
but
which
no
lawyer
has
ever
yet
been
able
to
extract
from
any
psychological
physician
in
the
witness-box
.
At
last
,
he
was
relieved
,
and
sat
sucking
an
orange
among
the
spectators
;
for
they
had
parched
his
throat
amongst
them
,
I
promise
you
.
Julia
Dodd
entered
the
box
,
and
a
sunbeam
seemed
to
fill
the
court
.
She
knew
what
to
do
:
her
left
hand
was
gloved
,
but
her
white
right
hand
bare
.
She
kissed
the
book
,
and
gave
her
evidence
in
her
clear
,
mellow
,
melting
voice
;
gave
it
reverently
and
modestly
,
for
to
her
the
court
was
a
church
.
She
said
how
long
she
had
been
acquainted
with
Alfred
,
and
how
his
father
was
adverse
,
and
her
mother
had
thought
it
was
because
they
did
not
pass
for
rich
,
and
had
told
her
they
were
rich
,
and
with
this
she
produced
David
's
letter
,
and
she
also
swore
to
having
met
Alfred
and
others
carrying
her
father
in
a
swoon
from
his
father
's
very
door
.
She
deposed
to
Alfred
's
sanity
on
her
wedding
eve
,
and
on
the
day
his
recapture
was
attempted
.
Saunders
,
against
his
own
judgment
,
was
instructed
to
cross-examine
her
;
and
,
without
meaning
it
,
he
put
a
question
which
gave
her
deep
distress
.
“
Are
you
now
engaged
to
the
plaintiff
?
”
She
looked
timidly
round
,
and
saw
Alfred
,
and
hesitated
.
The
serjeant
pressed
her
politely
,
but
firmly
.
“
Must
I
reply
to
that
?
”
she
said
piteously
.
“
If
you
please
.
”
“
Then
,
no.
Another
misfortune
has
now
separated
him
and
me
for
ever
.
”
“
What
is
that
,
pray
?
”
“
My
father
is
said
to
have
died
at
sea
:
and
my
mother
thinks
he
is
to
blame
.
”
The
judge
to
Saunders
.
—
What
on
earth
has
this
to
do
with
Hardie
against
Hardie
?
Saunders
.
—
You
are
warmly
interested
in
the
plaintiff
's
success
?
Julia
.
—
Oh
yes
,
sir
.
Colt
(
aside
to
Garrow
)
.
—
The
fool
is
putting
his
foot
into
it
:
there
's
not
a
jury
in
England
that
would
give
a
verdict
to
part
two
interesting
young
lovers
.
Saunders
.
—
You
are
attached
to
him
?
Julia
.
—
Ah
,
that
I
do
.
This
burst
,
intended
for
poor
Alfred
,
not
the
court
,
baffled
cross-examination
and
grammar
and
everything
else
.
Saunders
was
wise
and
generous
,
and
said
no
more
.
Colt
cast
a
glance
of
triumph
,
and
declined
to
re-examine
.
He
always
let
well
alone
.
The
judge
,
however
,
evinced
a
desire
to
trace
the
fourteen
thousand
pounds
from
Calcutta
;
but
Julia
could
not
help
him
:
that
mysterious
sum
had
been
announced
by
letter
as
about
to
sail
,
and
then
no
more
was
heard
about
it
till
Alfred
accused
his
father
of
having
it
.
All
endeavours
to
fill
this
hiatus
failed
.
However
,
Julia
,
observing
that
in
courts
material
objects
affect
the
mind
most
,
had
provided
herself
with
all
the
pieces
de
conviction
she
could
find
,
and
she
produced
her
father
's
empty
pocket-book
,
and
said
,
when
he
was
brought
home
senseless
,
this
was
in
his
breast-pocket
.
“
Hand
it
up
to
me
,
”
said
the
judge
.
He
examined
it
,
and
said
it
had
been
in
the
water
.
“
Captain
Dodd
was
wrecked
off
the
French
coast
,
”
suggested
Mr.
Saunders
.
“
My
learned
friend
had
better
go
into
the
witness-box
,
if
he
means
to
give
evidence
,
”
said
Mr.
Colt
.
“
You
are
very
much
afraid
of
a
very
little
truth
,
”
retorted
Saunders
.
The
judge
stopped
this
sham
rencontre
,
by
asking
the
witness
whether
her
father
had
been
wrecked
.
She
said
“
Yes
.
”
“
And
that
is
how
the
money
was
lost
,
”
persisted
Saunders
.
“
Possibly
,
”
said
the
judge
.
“
I
'm
darned
if
it
was
,
”
said
Joshua
Fullalove
composedly
.
Instantly
,
all
heads
were
turned
in
amazement
at
this
audacious
interruption
to
the
soporific
decorum
of
an
English
court
.
The
transatlantic
citizen
received
this
battery
of
eyes
with
complete
imperturbability
.
“
Si-lence
!
”
roared
the
crier
,
awaking
from
a
nap
,
with
an
instinct
that
something
unusual
had
happened
.
But
the
shrewd
old
judge
had
caught
the
sincerity
with
which
the
words
were
uttered
,
and
put
on
his
spectacles
to
examine
the
speaker
.
“
Are
you
for
the
plaintiff
or
the
defendant
?
”
“
I
do
n't
know
either
of
'
em
from
Adam
,
my
lord
.
But
I
know
Captain
Dodd
's
pocket-book
by
the
bullet-hole
.
”
“
Indeed
!
You
had
better
call
this
witness
,
Mr.
Colt
.
”
“
Your
lordship
must
excuse
me
;
I
am
quite
content
with
my
evidence
,
”
said
the
wary
advocate
.
“
Well
then
,
I
shall
call
him
as
amicus
curiae
;
and
the
defendant
's
counsel
can
cross-examine
him
.
”
Fullalove
went
into
the
box
,
was
sworn
,
identified
the
pocket-book
,
and
swore
he
had
seen
fourteen
thousand
pounds
in
it
on
two
occasions
.
With
very
little
prompting
,
he
told
the
sea-fight
,
and
the
Indian
darkie
's
attempt
to
steal
the
money
,
and
pointed
out
Vespasian
as
the
rival
darkie
who
had
baffled
the
attempt
.
Then
he
told
the
shipwreck
to
an
audience
now
breathless
—
and
imagine
the
astonished
interest
with
which
Julia
and
Edward
listened
to
this
stranger
telling
them
the
new
strange
story
of
their
own
father
!
—
and
lastly
,
the
attempt
of
the
two
French
wreckers
and
assassins
,
and
how
it
had
been
baffled
.
And
so
the
mythical
cash
was
tracked
to
Boulogne
.
The
judge
then
put
this
question
,
“
Did
Captain
Dodd
tell
you
what
he
intended
to
do
with
it
?
”
Fullalove
(
reverently
)
.
—
I
think
,
my
lord
,
he
said
he
was
going
to
give
it
to
his
wife
.
(
Sharply
.
)
Well
,
what
is
it
,
old
hoss
?
What
are
you
making
mugs
at
me
for
?
Do
n't
you
know
it
's
clean
against
law
to
telegraph
a
citizen
in
the
witness-box
?
The
Judge
.
—
This
wo
n't
do
;
this
wo
n't
do
.
The
Crier
.
—
Silence
in
the
court
.
“
Do
you
hyar
now
what
his
lordship
says
?
”
said
Fullalove
,
with
ready
tact
.
“
If
you
know
anything
more
,
come
up
hyar
and
swear
it
like
an
enlightened
citizen
;
do
you
think
I
am
going
to
swear
for
tew
?
”
With
this
Vespasian
and
Fullalove
proceeded
to
change
places
amidst
roars
of
laughter
at
the
cool
off-hand
way
this
pair
arranged
forensicalities
;
but
Serjeant
Saunders
requested
Fullalove
to
stay
where
he
was
.
“
Pray
sir
,
”
said
he
slowly
,
“
who
retained
you
for
a
witness
in
this
cause
?
”
Fullalove
looked
puzzled
.
“
Of
course
somebody
asked
you
to
drop
in
here
so
very
accidentally
:
come
now
,
who
was
it
?
”
“
I
'm
God
Almighty
's
witness
dropped
from
the
clouds
,
I
cal'late
.
”
“
Come
,
sir
,
no
prevarication
.
How
came
you
here
just
at
the
nick
of
time
?
”
“
Counsellor
,
when
I
'm
treated
polite
,
I
'm
ile
;
but
rile
me
,
and
I
'm
thunder
stuffed
with
pison
:
do
n't
you
raise
my
dander
,
and
I
'll
tell
you
.
I
have
undertaken
to
educate
this
yar
darkie
,
”
—
here
he
stretched
out
a
long
arm
,
and
laid
his
hand
on
Vespasian
's
woolly
pate
—
“
and
I
'm
bound
to
raise
him
to
the
Eu-ropean
model
.
”
(
Laughter
.
)
“
So
I
said
to
him
,
coming
over
Westminster
Bridge
,
'
Now
there
's
a
store
hyar
where
they
sell
a
very
extraordinary
Fixin
;
and
it
's
called
Justice
;
they
sell
it
tarnation
dear
;
but
prime
.
So
I
make
tracks
for
the
very
court
where
I
got
the
prime
article
three
years
ago
,
against
a
varmint
that
was
breaking
the
seventh
and
eighth
commandments
over
me
,
adulterating
my
patent
and
then
stealing
it
.
Blast
him
!
”
(
A
roar
of
laughter
.
)
“
And
coming
along
I
said
this
old
country
's
got
some
good
pints
after
all
,
old
hoss
.
One
is
they
'll
sell
you
justice
dear
,
but
prime
in
these
yar
courts
,
if
you
were
born
at
Kamschatkee
;
and
the
other
is
,
hyar
darkies
are
free
as
air
,
disenthralled
by
the
univarsal
genius
of
British
liberty
;
and
then
I
pitched
Counsellor
Curran
's
bunkum
into
this
darkie
,
and
he
sucked
it
in
like
mother
's
milk
,
and
in
we
came
on
tiptoe
,
and
the
first
thing
we
heard
was
a
freeborn
Briton
treated
wus
than
ever
a
nigger
in
Old
Kentuck
,
decoyed
away
from
his
gal
,
shoved
into
a
darned
madhouse
—
the
darbies
clapped
on
him
—
—
”
“
We
do
n't
want
your
comments
on
the
case
,
sir
.
”
“
No
,
nor
any
other
free
and
enlightened
citizen
's
,
I
reckon
.
Wal
,
Vespasian
and
me
sat
like
mice
in
a
snowdrift
,
and
hid
our
feelings
out
of
good
manners
,
being
strangers
,
till
his
lordship
got
e-tarnally
fixed
about
the
Captain
's
pocket-book
.
Vesp
.
,
says
I
,
this
hurts
my
feelings
powerful
.
Says
I
,
this
hyar
lord
did
the
right
thing
about
my
patent
:
he
summed
up
just
:
and
now
he
is
in
an
everlasting
fix
himself
:
one
good
turn
deserves
another
,
I
'll
get
him
out
of
this
fix
,
any
way
.
”
Here
the
witness
was
interrupted
with
a
roar
of
laughter
that
shook
the
court
.
Even
the
judge
leaned
back
and
chuckled
,
genially
though
quietly
.
And
right
sorrowful
was
every
Briton
there
when
Saunders
closed
abruptly
the
cross-examination
of
Joshua
Fullalove
.
His
lordship
then
said
he
wished
to
ask
Vespasian
a
question
.
Saunders
lost
patience
.
“
What
,
another
amicus
curiae
,
my
lud
!
This
is
unprecedented
.
”
“
Excuse
my
curiosity
,
Brother
Saunders
,
”
said
the
judge
ironically
.
“
I
wish
to
trace
this
14
,
000l
.
as
far
as
possible
.
Have
you
any
particular
objection
to
the
truth
on
this
head
of
evidence
?
”
“
No
,
my
lud
,
I
never
urge
objections
when
I
ca
n't
enforce
them
.
”
“
Then
you
are
a
wise
man
.
”
(
To
Vespasian
,
after
he
had
been
sworn
)
,
“
Pray
did
Captain
Dodd
tell
you
what
he
intended
to
do
with
this
money
?
”
“
Is
,
massa
judge
,
massa
captan
told
dis
child
he
got
a
branker
in
some
place
in
de
old
country
,
called
Barkinton
.
And
he
said
dis
branker
bery
good
branker
,
much
sartiner
not
to
break
dan
the
brank
of
England
.
(
A
howl
.
)
De
captan
said
he
take
de
money
to
dis
yer
branker
,
and
den
hab
no
more
trouble
wid
it
.
Den
it
off
my
stomach
,
de
captan
say
,
and
dis
child
heerd
him
.
Yah
!
”
The
plaintiff
's
case
being
apparently
concluded
,
the
judge
retired
for
a
few
minutes
.
In
the
buzz
that
followed
,
a
note
was
handed
to
Mr.
Compton
;
“
Skinner
!
On
a
hot
scent
.
Sure
to
find
him
to-day
.
—
N.B.
He
is
wanted
by
another
party
.
There
is
something
curious
a-foot
.
”
Compton
wrote
on
a
slip
,
“
For
Heaven
's
sake
,
bring
him
directly
.
In
half
an
hour
it
will
be
too
late
.
”
Green
hurried
out
and
nearly
ran
against
Mr.
Richard
Hardie
,
who
was
moodily
pacing
Westminster
Hall
at
the
climax
of
his
own
anxiety
.
To
him
all
turned
on
Skinner
.
Five
minutes
passed
,
ten
,
fifteen
,
twenty
:
all
the
plaintiff
's
party
had
their
eyes
on
the
door
;
but
Green
did
not
return
;
and
the
judge
did
.
Then
to
gain
a
few
minutes
more
,
Mr.
Colt
,
instructed
by
Compton
,
rose
and
said
with
great
solemnity
,
“
We
are
about
to
call
our
last
witness
:
the
living
have
testified
to
my
client
's
sanity
,
and
now
we
shall
read
you
the
testimony
of
the
dead
.
”
Saunders
.
—
That
I
object
to
,
of
course
.
Colt
.
—
Does
my
learned
friend
mean
to
say
he
objects
at
random
?
Saunders
.
—
Nothing
of
the
kind
.
I
object
on
the
law
of
evidence
—
a
matter
on
which
my
learned
friend
seems
to
be
under
a
hallucination
as
complete
as
his
client
's
about
that
14
,
000l
.
.
Colt
.
—
There
's
none
ever
feared
That
the
truth
should
be
heard
But
they
whom
the
truth
would
indict
.
Saunders
.
—
A
court
of
justice
is
not
the
place
for
old
songs
;
and
new
law
.
Colt
.
—
Really
,
my
learned
friend
is
the
objective
case
incarnate
.
(
To
Compton
.
—
I
ca
n't
keep
this
nonsense
up
for
ever
.
Is
Skinner
come
?
)
He
has
a
Mania
for
objection
,
and
with
your
lordship
's
permission
I
'll
buy
a
couple
of
doctors
and
lock
him
up
in
an
asylum
as
he
leaves
the
court
this
afternoon
.
(
Laughter
.
)
The
judge
.
—
A
very
good
plan
:
then
you
'll
no
longer
feel
the
weight
of
his
abilities
.
I
conclude
,
Mr.
Colt
,
you
intend
to
call
a
witness
who
will
swear
to
the
deceased
person
's
hand-writing
and
that
it
was
written
in
the
knowledge
Death
was
at
hand
.
Colt
.
—
Certainly
,
my
lord
.
I
can
call
Miss
Julia
Dodd
.
Saunders
.
—
That
I
need
not
take
the
trouble
of
objecting
to
.
The
judge
(
with
some
surprise
)
.
—
No
,
Mr.
Colt
.
That
will
never
do
.
You
have
examined
her
,
and
re-examined
her
.
I
need
hardly
say
Mr.
Colt
knew
very
well
he
could
not
call
Julia
Dodd
.
But
he
was
fighting
for
seconds
now
,
to
get
in
Skinner
.
“
Call
Edward
Dodd
.
”
Edward
was
sworn
,
and
asked
if
he
knew
the
late
Jane
Hardie
.
“
I
knew
her
well
,
”
said
he
.
“
Is
that
her
handwriting
?
”
“
It
is
.
”
“
Where
was
it
written
?
”
“
In
my
mother
's
house
at
Barkington
.
”
“
Under
what
circumstances
?
”
“
She
was
dying
—
of
a
blow
given
her
by
a
maniac
called
Maxley
.
”
“
Maxley
!
”
said
the
judge
to
counsel
.
“
I
remember
the
Queen
v.
Maxley
.
I
tried
him
myself
at
the
assizes
:
it
was
for
striking
a
young
lady
with
a
bludgeon
,
of
which
she
died
.
Maxley
was
powerfully
defended
;
and
it
was
proved
that
his
wife
had
died
,
and
he
had
been
driven
mad
for
a
time
,
by
her
father
's
bank
breaking
.
The
jury
would
bring
in
a
verdict
that
was
no
verdict
at
all
;
as
I
took
the
liberty
to
tell
them
at
the
time
.
The
judges
dismissed
it
,
and
Maxley
was
eventually
discharged
.
”
Colt
.
—
No
doubt
that
was
the
case
,
my
lord
.
To
the
witness
.
—
Did
Jane
Hardie
know
she
was
dying
?
“
Oh
yes
,
sir
.
She
told
us
all
so
.
”
“
To
whom
did
she
give
this
letter
?
”
“
To
my
sister
.
”
“
Oh
,
to
your
sister
?
To
Miss
Julia
Dodd
?
”
“
Yes
,
sir
.
But
not
for
herself
.
It
was
to
give
to
Alfred
Hardie
.
”
“
Can
you
read
the
letter
?
It
is
rather
faintly
written
.
It
is
written
in
pencil
,
my
lord
.
”
“
I
could
read
it
,
sir
;
but
I
hope
you
will
excuse
me
.
She
that
wrote
it
was
very
,
very
dear
to
me
.
”
The
young
man
's
full
voice
faltered
as
he
uttered
these
words
,
and
he
turned
his
lion-like
eyes
soft
and
imploring
on
the
judge
.
That
venerable
and
shrewd
old
man
,
learned
in
human
nature
as
well
as
in
law
,
comprehended
in
a
moment
,
and
said
kindly
,
“
You
misunderstand
him
.
Witnesses
do
not
read
letters
out
in
court
.
Let
the
letter
be
handed
up
to
me
.
”
This
was
fortunate
,
for
the
court
cuckoo
,
who
intones
most
letters
,
would
have
read
all
the
sense
and
pathos
out
of
this
,
with
his
monotonous
sing-song
.
The
judge
read
it
carefully
to
himself
with
his
glasses
,
and
told
the
jury
it
seemed
a
genuine
document
:
then
the
crier
cried
“
Silence
in
the
court
,
”
and
his
lordship
turned
towards
the
jury
and
read
the
letter
slowly
and
solemnly
:
“
DEAR
,
DEAR
BROTHER
,
—
Your
poor
little
Jane
lies
dying
,
suddenly
but
not
painfully
,
and
my
last
earthly
thoughts
are
for
my
darling
brother
.
Some
wicked
person
has
said
you
are
insane
.
I
deny
this
with
my
dying
breath
and
my
dying
hand
.
You
came
to
me
the
night
before
the
wedding
that
was
to
be
,
and
talked
to
me
most
calmly
,
rationally
and
kindly
;
so
that
I
could
not
resist
your
reasons
,
and
went
to
your
wedding
,
which
,
till
then
,
I
did
not
intend
.
Show
these
words
to
your
slanderers
when
I
am
no
more
.
But
oh
!
Alfred
,
even
this
is
of
little
moment
compared
with
the
world
to
come
.
By
all
our
affection
,
grant
me
one
request
.
Battered
,
wounded
,
dying
in
my
prime
,
what
would
be
my
condition
but
for
the
Saviour
,
whom
I
have
loved
,
and
with
whom
I
hope
soon
to
be
.
He
smoothes
the
bed
of
death
for
me
,
He
lights
the
dark
valley
;
I
rejoice
to
die
and
be
with
Him
.
Oh
,
turn
to
Him
,
dear
brother
,
without
one
hour
's
delay
,
and
then
how
short
will
be
this
parting
.
This
is
your
dying
sister
's
one
request
,
who
loves
you
dearly
.
”
With
the
exception
of
Julia
's
sobs
,
not
a
sound
was
heard
as
the
judge
read
it
.
Many
eyes
were
wet
:
and
the
judge
himself
was
visibly
affected
,
and
pressed
his
handkerchief
a
moment
to
his
eyes
.
“
These
are
the
words
of
a
Christian
woman
,
gentlemen
,
”
he
said
.
And
there
was
silence
.
A
girl
's
hand
seemed
to
have
risen
from
the
grave
to
defend
her
brother
and
rend
the
veil
from
falsehood
.
Mr.
Colt
,
out
of
pure
tact
,
subdued
his
voice
to
the
key
of
the
sentiment
thus
awakened
,
and
said
impressively
,
“
Gentlemen
of
the
jury
,
that
is
our
case
:
”
and
so
sat
down
.
CHAPTER
LIII
SERGEANT
SAUNDERS
thought
it
prudent
to
let
the
emotion
subside
before
opening
the
defendant
's
case
:
so
he
disarranged
his
papers
,
and
then
rearranged
them
as
before
:
and
,
during
this
,
a
person
employed
by
Richard
Hardie
went
out
and
told
him
this
last
untoward
piece
of
evidence
.
He
winced
:
but
all
was
overbalanced
by
this
,
that
Skinner
had
not
come
to
bear
witness
for
the
Plaintiff
.
Sergeant
Saunders
rose
with
perfect
dignity
and
confidence
,
and
delivered
a
masterly
address
.
In
less
than
ten
minutes
the
whole
affair
took
another
colour
under
that
plausible
tongue
.
The
tactician
began
by
declaring
that
the
plaintiff
was
perfectly
sane
,
and
his
convalescence
was
a
matter
of
such
joy
to
the
defendant
,
that
not
even
the
cruel
misinterpretation
of
facts
and
motives
,
to
which
his
amiable
client
had
been
exposed
,
could
rob
him
of
that
sacred
delight
“
Our
case
,
gentlemen
,
is
,
that
the
plaintiff
is
sane
,
and
that
he
owes
his
sanity
to
those
prompt
,
wise
,
and
benevolent
measures
,
which
we
took
eighteen
months
ago
,
at
an
unhappy
crisis
of
his
mind
,
to
preserve
his
understanding
and
his
property
.
Yes
,
his
property
,
gentlemen
;
that
property
which
in
a
paroxysm
of
mania
,
he
was
going
to
throw
away
,
as
I
shall
show
you
by
an
unanswerable
document
.
He
comes
here
to
slander
us
and
mulet
us
out
of
five
thousand
pounds
;
but
I
shall
show
you
he
is
already
ten
thousand
pounds
the
richer
for
that
act
of
ours
,
for
which
he
debits
us
five
thousand
pounds
instead
of
crediting
us
twice
the
sum
.
Gentlemen
,
I
cannot
,
like
my
learned
friend
,
call
witnesses
from
the
clouds
,
from
the
United
States
,
and
from
the
grave
;
for
it
has
not
occurred
to
my
client
strong
in
the
sense
of
his
kindly
and
honourable
intentions
,
to
engage
gentlemen
from
foreign
parts
,
with
woolly
locks
and
nasal
twangs
,
to
drop
in
accidentally
,
and
eke
out
the
fatal
gaps
in
evidence
.
The
class
of
testimony
we
stand
upon
is
less
romantic
;
it
does
not
seduce
the
imagination
nor
play
upon
the
passions
;
but
it
is
of
a
much
higher
character
in
sober
men
's
eyes
,
especially
in
a
court
of
law
.
I
rely
,
not
on
witnesses
dropped
from
the
clouds
,
and
the
stars
,
and
the
stripes
—
to
order
;
nor
even
on
the
prejudiced
statements
of
friends
and
sweethearts
,
who
always
swear
from
the
heart
rather
than
from
the
head
and
the
conscience
;
but
on
the
calm
testimony
of
indifferent
men
,
and
on
written
documents
furnished
by
the
plaintiff
'
,
and
on
contemporaneous
entries
in
the
books
of
the
asylum
,
which
entries
formally
describe
the
plaintiff
's
acts
,
and
were
put
down
at
the
time
—
at
the
time
,
gentlemen
—
with
no
idea
of
a
trial
at
law
to
come
,
but
in
compliance
with
the
very
proper
provisions
of
a
wise
and
salutary
Act
.
I
shall
also
lay
before
you
the
evidence
of
the
medical
witnesses
who
signed
the
certificates
,
men
of
probity
and
honour
,
and
who
have
made
these
subtle
maladies
of
the
mind
the
special
study
of
their
whole
life
.
I
shall
also
call
the
family
doctor
,
who
has
known
the
plaintiff
and
his
ailments
,
bodily
and
mental
,
for
many
years
,
and
communicated
his
suspicions
to
one
of
the
first
psychological
physicians
of
the
age
,
declining
,
with
a
modesty
which
we
,
who
know
less
of
insanity
than
he
does
,
would
do
well
to
imitate
—
declining
,
I
say
,
to
pronounce
a
positive
opinion
unfavourable
to
the
plaintiff
,
till
he
should
have
compared
notes
with
this
learned
man
,
and
profited
by
his
vast
experience
.
”
In
this
strain
he
continued
for
a
good
hour
,
until
the
defendants
case
seemed
to
be
a
thing
of
granite
.
His
oration
ended
,
he
called
a
string
of
witnesses
:
every
one
of
whom
bore
the
learned
counsel
out
by
his
evidence
in
chief
.
But
here
came
the
grand
distinction
between
the
defendants
case
and
the
plaintiff
's
.
Cross-examination
had
hardly
shaken
the
plaintiff
's
witnesses
:
it
literally
dissolved
the
defendant
's
.
Osmond
was
called
,
and
proved
Alfred
's
headaches
and
pallor
,
and
his
own
suspicions
.
But
then
Colt
forced
him
to
admit
that
many
young
people
had
headaches
without
going
mad
,
and
were
pale
when
thwarted
in
love
,
without
going
mad
:
and
that
as
to
the
14
,
000l
.
and
the
phantom
,
he
knew
nothing
;
but
had
taken
all
that
for
granted
on
Mr.
Richard
Hardie
's
word
.
Dr.
Wycherley
deposed
to
Alfred
's
being
insane
and
abnormally
irritable
,
and
under
a
pecuniary
illusion
,
as
stated
in
his
certificate
:
and
to
his
own
vast
experience
.
But
the
fire
of
cross-examination
melted
all
his
polysyllables
into
guesswork
and
hearsay
.
It
melted
out
of
him
that
he
,
a
stranger
,
had
intruded
on
the
young
man
's
privacy
,
and
had
burst
into
a
most
delicate
topic
,
his
disagreement
with
his
father
,
and
so
had
himself
created
the
very
irritation
he
had
set
down
to
madness
.
He
also
had
to
admit
that
he
knew
nothing
about
the
L
.
14
,
000
or
the
phantom
,
but
had
taken
for
granted
the
young
man
's
own
father
,
who
consulted
him
,
was
not
telling
him
a
deliberate
and
wicked
falsehood
.
Colt
.
—
In
short
,
sir
,
you
were
retained
to
make
the
man
out
insane
,
just
as
my
learned
friend
there
is
retained
.
Wycherley
.
—
I
think
,
sir
,
it
would
not
be
consistent
with
the
dignity
of
my
profession
to
notice
that
comparison
.
Colt
.
—
I
leave
defendant
's
counsel
to
thank
you
for
that
.
Come
,
never
mind
dignity
;
let
us
have
a
little
truth
.
Is
it
consistent
with
your
dignity
to
tell
us
whether
the
keepers
of
private
asylums
pay
you
a
commission
for
all
the
patients
you
consign
to
durance
vile
by
your
certificates
?
Dr.
Wycherley
fenced
with
this
question
,
but
the
remorseless
Colt
only
kept
him
longer
under
torture
,
and
dragged
out
of
him
that
he
received
fifteen
per
cent
.
from
the
asylum
keepers
for
every
patient
he
wrote
insane
;
and
that
he
had
an
income
of
eight
hundred
pounds
a
year
from
that
source
alone
.
This
,
of
course
,
was
the
very
thing
to
prejudice
a
jury
against
the
defence
:
and
Colt
's
art
was
to
keep
to
their
level
.
Speers
,
cross-examined
,
failed
to
conceal
that
he
was
a
mere
tool
of
Wycherley
's
,
and
had
signed
in
manifest
collusion
,
adhering
to
the
letter
of
the
statute
,
but
violating
its
spirit
for
certainly
,
the
Act
never
intended
by
“
separate
examination
,
”
that
two
doctors
should
come
into
the
passage
,
and
walk
into
the
room
alternately
,
then
reunite
,
and
do
the
signing
as
agreed
before
they
ever
saw
the
patient
.
As
to
the
illusion
about
the
fourteen
thousand
pounds
,
Speers
owned
that
the
plaintiff
had
not
uttered
a
word
about
the
subject
,
but
had
peremptorily
declined
it
.
He
had
to
confess
,
too
,
that
he
had
taken
for
granted
Dr.
Wycherley
was
correctly
informed
about
the
said
illusion
.
“
In
short
,
”
said
the
judge
,
interposing
,
“
Dr.
Wycherley
took
the
very
thing
for
granted
which
it
was
his
duty
to
ascertain
;
and
you
,
sir
,
not
to
be
behind
Dr.
Wycherley
,
took
the
thing
for
granted
at
second
hand
.
”
And
when
Speers
had
left
the
box
,
he
said
to
Serjeant
Saunders
,
“
If
this
case
is
to
be
defended
seriously
,
you
had
better
call
Mr.
Richard
Hardie
without
further
delay
.
”
“
It
is
my
wish
,
my
lud
;
but
I
am
sorry
to
say
he
is
in
the
country
very
ill
;
and
I
have
no
hope
of
seeing
him
here
before
to-morrow
.
”
“
Oh
,
well
;
so
that
you
do
call
him
.
I
shall
not
lay
hearsay
before
the
jury
:
hearsay
gathered
from
Mr.
Richard
Hardie
—
whom
you
will
call
in
person
if
the
reports
he
has
circulated
have
any
basis
whatever
in
truth
.
”
Mr.
Saunders
said
coolly
,
“
Mr.
Richard
Hardie
is
not
the
defendant
,
”
and
flowed
on
;
nor
would
any
but
a
lawyer
have
suspected
what
a
terrible
stab
the
judge
had
given
him
so
quietly
.
The
surgeon
of
Silverton
House
was
then
sworn
,
and
produced
the
case
book
;
and
there
stood
the
entries
which
had
been
so
fatal
to
Alfred
with
the
visiting
justices
.
Suicide
,
homicide
,
self-starvation
.
But
the
plaintiff
got
to
Mr.
Colt
with
a
piece
of
paper
,
on
which
he
had
written
his
view
of
all
this
,
and
cross-examination
dissolved
the
suicide
and
homicide
into
a
spirited
attempt
to
escape
and
resist
a
false
imprisonment
As
for
the
self-starvation
,
Colt
elicited
that
Alfred
had
eaten
at
six
o'clock
though
not
at
two
.
“
And
pray
,
sir
,
”
said
he
,
contemptuously
,
to
the
witness
,
“
do
you
never
stir
out
of
a
madhouse
?
Do
you
imagine
that
gentlemen
in
their
senses
dine
at
two
o'clock
in
the
nineteenth
century
?
”
“
No.
I
do
n't
say
that
.
”
“
What
do
you
say
,
then
?
Is
forcible
imprisonment
of
a
bridegroom
in
a
madhouse
the
thing
to
give
a
gentleman
a
factitious
appetite
at
your
barbarous
dinner-hour
?
”
In
a
word
,
Colt
was
rough
with
this
witness
,
and
nearly
smashed
him
.
Saunders
fought
gallantly
on
,
and
put
in
Lawyer
Crawford
with
his
draft
of
the
insane
deed
,
as
he
called
it
,
by
which
the
erotic
monomaniac
Alfred
divested
himself
of
all
his
money
in
favour
of
the
Dodds
.
There
was
no
dissolving
this
deed
away
;
and
Crawford
swore
he
had
entreated
the
plaintiff
not
to
insist
on
his
drawing
so
unheard-of
a
document
;
but
opposition
or
question
seemed
to
irritate
his
client
,
so
that
he
had
complied
,
and
the
deed
was
to
have
been
signed
on
the
wedding-day
.
All
the
lawyers
present
thought
this
looked
really
mad
.
Fancy
a
man
signing
away
his
property
to
his
wife
's
relatives
!
!
The
court
,
which
had
already
sat
long
beyond
the
usual
time
,
broke
up
,
leaving
the
defendant
with
this
advantage
.
Alfred
Hardie
and
his
friends
made
a
little
knot
in
the
hall
outside
,
and
talked
excitedly
over
the
incidents
of
the
trial
.
Mr.
Compton
introduced
Fullalove
and
Vespasian
.
They
all
shook
hands
with
them
,
and
thanked
them
warmly
for
the
timely
and
most
unexpected
aid
.
But
Green
and
a
myrmidon
broke
in
upon
their
conversation
.
“
I
am
down
on
Mr.
Barkington
alias
Noah
Skinner
.
It
is
n't
very
far
from
here
,
if
you
will
follow
me
.
”
Green
was
as
excited
as
a
foxhound
when
Pug
has
begun
to
trail
his
brush
:
the
more
so
that
another
client
of
his
wanted
Noah
Skinner
;
and
so
the
detective
was
doing
a
double
stroke
of
business
.
He
led
the
way
;
it
was
dry
,
and
they
all
went
in
pairs
after
him
into
the
back
slums
of
Westminster
;
and
a
pretty
part
that
is
.
Now
as
they
went
along
Alfred
hung
behind
with
Julia
,
and
asked
her
what
on
earth
she
meant
by
swearing
that
it
was
all
over
between
her
and
him
.
“
Why
your
last
letter
was
full
of
love
,
dearest
;
what
could
you
be
thinking
of
to
say
that
?
”
She
shook
her
head
sadly
,
and
revealed
to
him
with
many
prayers
for
forgiveness
that
she
had
been
playing
a
part
of
late
:
that
she
had
concealed
her
father
's
death
from
him
,
and
the
fatal
barrier
interposed
.
“
I
was
afraid
you
would
be
disheartened
,
and
lose
your
first
class
and
perhaps
your
trial
.
But
you
are
safe
now
,
dear
Alfred
;
I
am
sure
the
judge
sees
through
them
;
for
I
have
studied
him
for
you
.
I
know
his
face
by
heart
,
and
all
his
looks
and
what
they
mean
.
My
Alfred
will
be
cleared
of
this
wicked
slander
,
and
happy
with
some
one
—
—
Ah
!
”
“
Yes
,
I
mean
to
be
happy
with
some
one
,
”
said
Alfred
.
“
I
am
not
one
of
your
self-sacrificing
angels
;
thank
Heaven
!
Your
shall
not
sacrifice
us
to
your
mother
's
injustice
nor
to
the
caprices
of
fate
.
We
have
one
another
;
but
you
would
immolate
me
for
the
pleasure
of
immolating
yourself
.
Do
n't
provoke
me
too
far
,
or
I
'll
carry
you
off
by
force
.
I
swear
it
,
by
Him
who
made
us
both
.
”
“
Dearest
,
how
wildly
you
talk
.
”
And
with
this
Julia
hung
her
head
,
and
had
a
guilty
thrill
.
She
could
not
help
thinking
that
eccentric
little
measure
would
relieve
her
of
the
sin
of
disobedience
.
After
making
known
to
her
his
desperate
resolution
,
Alfred
was
silent
,
and
they
went
sadly
side
by
side
;
so
dear
,
so
near
,
yet
always
some
infernal
thing
or
other
coming
between
them
.
They
reached
a
passage
in
a
miserable
street
.
At
the
mouth
stood
two
of
Green
's
men
,
planted
there
to
follow
Skinner
should
he
go
out
:
but
they
reported
all
quiet
.
“
Bring
the
old
gentleman
up
,
”
said
Green
.
“
I
appointed
him
six
o'clock
,
and
it
's
on
the
stroke
.
”
He
then
descended
the
passage
,
and
striking
a
light
led
the
way
up
a
high
stair
.
Skinner
lived
on
the
fifth
story
.
Green
tapped
at
his
door
.
“
Mr.
Barkington
.
”
No
reply
.
“
Mr.
Barkington
,
I
've
brought
you
some
money
.
”
No
reply
.
“
Perhaps
he
is
not
at
home
,
”
said
Mr.
Compton
.
“
Oh
,
yes
,
sir
,
I
sent
a
sharp
boy
up
,
and
he
picked
the
paper
out
of
the
keyhole
and
saw
him
sitting
reading
.
”
He
then
applied
his
own
eye
to
the
keyhole
.
“
I
see
something
black
,
”
said
he
,
“
I
think
he
suspects
.
”
While
he
hesitated
,
they
became
conscious
of
a
pungent
vapour
stealing
through
the
now
open
keyhole
.
“
Hallo
!
”
said
Green
,
“
what
is
this
?
”
Fullalove
observed
coolly
that
Mr.
Skinner
's
lungs
must
be
peculiarly
made
if
he
could
breathe
in
that
atmosphere
.
“
If
you
want
to
see
him
alive
,
let
me
open
the
door
.
”
“
There
's
something
amiss
here
,
”
said
Green
gravely
.
At
that
Fullalove
whipped
out
a
tool
no
bigger
than
a
nutcracker
,
forced
the
edge
in
,
and
sent
the
door
flying
open
.
The
room
or
den
was
full
of
an
acrid
vapour
,
and
close
to
them
sat
he
they
sought
motionless
.
“
Keep
the
lady
back
,
”
cried
Green
,
and
threw
the
vivid
light
of
his
bull
's
eye
on
a
strange
,
grotesque
,
and
ghastly
scene
.
The
floor
was
covered
with
bright
sovereigns
that
glittered
in
the
lamp-light
.
On
the
table
was
an
open
book
,
and
a
candle
quite
burnt
down
:
the
grease
had
run
into
a
circle
.
And
,
as
was
that
grease
to
the
expired
light
,
so
was
the
thing
that
sat
there
in
human
form
to
the
Noah
Skinner
they
had
come
to
seek
.
Dead
this
many
a
day
of
charcoal
fumes
,
but
preserved
from
decomposition
by
those
very
fumes
,
sat
Noah
Skinner
,
dried
into
bones
and
leather
waiting
for
them
with
his
own
Hard
Cash
,
and
with
theirs
;
for
,
creeping
awestruck
round
that
mummified
figure
seated
dead
on
his
pool
of
sovereigns
,
they
soon
noticed
in
his
left
hand
a
paper
:
it
was
discoloured
by
the
vapour
,
and
part
hid
by
the
dead
thumb
;
but
thus
much
shone
out
clear
and
amazing
,
that
it
was
a
banker
's
receipt
to
David
Dodd
,
Esq.
,
for
14
,
010
,
l
.
drawn
at
Barkington
,
and
signed
for
Richard
Hardie
by
Noah
Skinner
.
Julia
had
drawn
back
,
and
was
hiding
her
face
;
but
soon
curiosity
struggled
with
awe
in
the
others
:
they
peeped
at
the
Receipt
:
they
touched
the
weird
figure
.
Its
yellow
skin
sounded
like
a
drum
,
and
its
joints
creaked
like
a
puppets
.
At
last
Compton
suggested
that
Edward
Dodd
ought
to
secure
that
valuable
document
.
“
No
no
,
”
said
Edward
:
“
it
is
too
like
robbing
the
dead
.
”
“
Then
I
will
,
”
said
Compton
.
But
he
found
the
dead
thumb
and
finger
would
not
part
with
the
Receipt
;
then
,
as
a
trifle
turns
the
scale
,
he
hesitated
in
turn
:
and
all
but
Julia
stood
motionless
round
the
body
that
held
the
Receipt
,
the
soul
of
the
lost
Cash
,
and
still
,
as
in
life
,
seemed
loth
to
part
with
it
.
Then
Fullalove
came
beside
the
arm-chair
,
and
said
with
simple
dignity
,
“
I
'm
a
man
from
foreign
parts
;
I
have
no
interest
here
but
justice
:
and
justice
I
'll
do
.
”
He
took
the
dead
arm
,
and
the
joint
creaked
:
he
applied
the
same
lever
to
the
bone
and
parchment
hand
he
had
to
the
door
:
it
creaked
too
,
but
more
faintly
,
and
opened
and
let
out
this
:
—
No.
17.
BARKINGTON
,
Nov.
10
,
1847.
Received
of
DAVID
DODD
,
Esq.
,
the
sum
of
Fourteen
Thousand
and
Ten
Pounds
Twelve
Shillings
and
Six
Pence
,
to
account
on
demand
For
RICHARD
HARDIE
,
NOAH
SKINNER
.
14
,
010l
.
:
12
:
6.
A
stately
foot
came
up
the
stair
,
but
no
one
heard
it
.
All
were
absorbed
in
the
strange
weird
sight
,
and
this
great
stroke
of
fate
;
or
of
Providence
.
“
This
is
yours
,
I
reckon
,
”
said
Fullalove
,
and
handed
the
receipt
to
Edward
.
“
No
,
no
!
”
said
Compton
.
“
See
:
I
've
just
found
a
will
,
bequeathing
all
he
has
in
the
world
,
with
his
blessing
,
to
Miss
Julia
Dodd
.
These
sovereigns
are
yours
,
then
.
But
above
all
,
the
paper
:
as
your
legal
adviser
,
I
insist
on
your
taking
it
immediately
.
Possession
is
nine
points
.
However
,
it
is
actually
yours
,
in
virtue
of
this
bequest
.
”
A
solemn
passionless
voice
seemed
to
fall
on
them
from
the
clouds
,
“
No
;
it
is
Mine
.
”
MY
story
must
now
return
on
board
the
Vulture
.
Just
before
noon
,
the
bell
the
half
hours
are
struck
on
was
tolled
to
collect
the
ship
's
company
;
and
soon
the
gangways
and
booms
were
crowded
,
and
even
the
yards
were
manned
with
sailors
,
collected
to
see
their
shipmate
committed
to
the
deep
.
Next
came
the
lieutenants
and
midshipmen
and
stood
reverently
on
the
deck
:
the
body
was
brought
and
placed
on
a
grating
.
Then
all
heads
being
uncovered
below
and
aloft
,
the
chaplain
read
the
solemn
service
of
the
dead
.
Many
tears
were
shied
by
the
rough
sailors
,
the
more
so
that
to
most
of
them
,
though
not
to
the
officers
,
it
was
now
known
that
poor
Billy
had
not
always
been
before
the
mast
,
but
had
seen
better
days
,
and
commanded
vessels
,
and
saved
lives
;
and
now
he
had
lost
his
own
.
The
service
is
the
same
as
ashore
,
with
this
exception
:
that
the
words
“
We
commit
his
body
to
the
ground
,
ashes
to
ashes
,
dust
to
dust
,
”
etc.
,
are
altered
at
sea
,
thus
:
“
We
commit
his
body
to
the
deep
,
to
be
turned
into
corruption
,
looking
for
the
resurrection
of
the
body
,
when
the
sea
shall
give
up
her
dead
;
and
the
life
of
the
world
to
come
.
”
At
these
words
the
body
is
allowed
to
glide
off
the
grating
into
the
sea
.
The
chaplain
's
solemn
voice
drew
near
those
very
words
,
and
the
tears
of
pity
fell
faster
;
and
Georgie
White
,
an
affectionate
boy
,
sobbed
violently
,
and
shivered
beforehand
at
the
sullen
plunge
that
he
knew
would
soon
come
,
and
then
he
should
see
no
more
poor
Billy
who
had
given
his
life
for
his
.
At
this
moment
the
captain
came
flying
on
deck
,
and
jumping
on
to
a
gun
,
cried
sharply
,
“
Avast
!
Haul
that
body
aboard
.
”
The
sharp
voice
of
command
cut
across
the
solemn
words
and
tones
in
the
most
startling
way
.
The
chaplain
closed
his
book
with
a
look
of
amazement
and
indignation
:
the
sailors
stared
,
and
for
the
first
time
did
not
obey
an
order
.
To
be
sure
it
was
one
they
had
never
heard
before
.
Then
the
captain
got
angry
,
and
repeated
his
command
louder
,
and
the
body
was
almost
jerked
in
board
.
“
Carry
him
to
my
cabin
;
and
uncover
his
face
.
”
By
this
time
nothing
could
surprise
Jackey
Tar
.
Four
sailors
executed
the
order
promptly
.
“
Bosen
,
pipe
to
duty
.
”
While
the
men
were
dispersing
to
their
several
stations
,
Captain
Bazalgette
apologised
to
the
chaplain
,
and
explained
to
him
and
to
the
officers
.
But
I
give
his
explanation
in
my
own
words
.
Finding
the
ship
quiet
,
the
purser
went
to
the
captain
down
below
,
and
asked
him
coolly
what
entry
he
should
make
in
the
ship
's
books
about
this
William
Thompson
,
who
was
no
more
William
Thompson
than
he
was
.
“
What
do
you
mean
?
”
said
the
captain
.
Then
the
purser
told
him
that
Thompson
's
messmates
,
in
preparing
him
last
night
for
interment
,
had
found
a
little
bag
round
his
neck
,
and
inside
it
,
a
medal
of
the
Humane
Society
,
and
a
slip
of
paper
written
on
in
a
lady
's
hand
;
then
they
had
sent
for
him
;
and
he
had
seen
at
once
that
this
was
a
mysterious
case
:
this
lady
spoke
of
him
as
her
husband
,
and
skipper
of
a
merchant
vessel
.
“
What
is
that
?
”
roared
the
captain
,
who
hitherto
had
listened
with
scarce
half
an
ear
.
“
Skipper
of
a
merchant
vessel
,
sir
,
as
sure
as
you
command
her
majesty
's
frigate
Vulture
:
and
then
we
found
his
shirt
marked
with
the
same
name
as
the
lady
's
.
”
“
What
was
the
lady
's
name
?
”
“
Lucy
Dodd
;
and
David
Dodd
is
on
the
shirt
.
”
“
Why
did
n't
you
tell
me
this
before
?
”
cried
the
captain
.
“
Did
n't
know
it
till
last
night
.
”
“
Why
it
is
twelve
o'clock
.
They
are
burying
him
.
”
“
Yes
,
sir
.
”
“
Lucy
would
never
forgive
me
,
”
cried
the
captain
.
And
to
the
purser
's
utter
amazement
he
clapped
on
his
cocked
hat
,
and
flew
out
of
the
cabin
on
the
errand
I
have
described
.
He
now
returned
to
the
cabin
and
looked
:
a
glance
was
enough
:
there
lay
the
kindly
face
that
had
been
his
friend
man
and
boy
.
He
hid
his
own
with
his
hands
,
and
moaned
.
He
cursed
his
own
blindness
and
stupidity
in
not
recognising
that
face
among
a
thousand
.
In
this
he
was
unjust
to
himself
.
David
had
never
looked
himself
till
now
.
He
sent
for
the
surgeon
,
and
