toldhim
the
whole
sad
story
:
and
asked
him
what
could
be
done
.
His
poor
cousin
Lucy
had
more
than
once
expressed
her
horror
of
interment
at
sea
.
“
It
is
very
hot
,
”
said
he
;
“
but
surely
you
must
know
some
way
of
keeping
him
till
we
land
in
New
Zealand
:
curse
these
flies
;
how
they
bite
!
”
The
surgeon
's
eyes
sparkled
;
he
happened
to
be
an
enthusiast
in
the
art
of
embalming
.
“
Keep
him
to
New
Zealand
?
”
said
he
contemptuously
,
“
I
'll
embalm
him
so
that
he
shall
go
to
England
looking
just
as
he
does
now
—
by-the-by
,
I
never
saw
a
drowned
man
keep
his
colour
so
well
before
—
ay
,
and
two
thousand
years
after
that
,
if
you
do
n't
mind
the
expense
.
”
“
The
expense
!
I
do
n't
care
,
if
it
cost
me
a
year
's
pay
.
I
think
of
nothing
but
repairing
my
blunder
as
far
as
I
can
.
”
The
surgeon
was
delighted
.
Standing
over
his
subject
,
who
lay
on
the
captain
's
table
,
he
told
that
officer
how
he
should
proceed
.
“
I
have
all
the
syringes
,
”
he
said
;
“
a
capital
collection
.
I
shall
inject
the
veins
with
care
and
patience
;
then
I
shall
remove
the
brain
and
the
viscera
,
and
provided
I
'm
not
stinted
in
arsenic
and
spices
—
—
”
“
I
give
you
carte
blanche
on
the
purser
:
make
your
preparations
,
and
send
for
him
.
Do
n't
tell
me
how
you
do
it
;
but
do
it
.
I
must
write
and
tell
poor
Lucy
I
have
got
him
,
and
am
bringing
him
home
to
her
—
dead
.
”
The
surgeon
was
gone
about
a
quarter
of
an
hour
;
he
then
returned
with
two
men
to
remove
the
body
,
and
found
the
captain
still
writing
his
letter
,
very
sorrowful
:
but
now
and
then
slapping
his
face
or
leg
with
a
hearty
curse
as
the
flies
stung
him
.
The
surgeon
beckoned
the
men
in
softly
,
and
pointed
to
the
body
for
them
to
carry
it
out
.
Now
,
as
he
pointed
,
his
eye
,
following
his
finger
,
fell
on
something
that
struck
that
experienced
eye
as
incredible
:
he
uttered
an
exclamation
of
astonishment
so
loud
that
the
captain
looked
up
directly
from
his
letter
;
and
saw
him
standing
with
his
finger
pointing
at
the
corpse
,
and
his
eyes
staring
astonishment
“
What
now
?
”
said
the
captain
,
and
rose
from
his
seat
.
“
Look
!
look
!
look
!
”
The
captain
came
and
looked
,
and
said
he
saw
nothing
at
all
.
“
The
fly
;
the
fly
!
”
cried
the
surgeon
.
“
Yes
,
I
see
one
of
them
has
been
biting
him
;
for
there
's
a
little
blood
trickling
.
Poor
fellow
.
”
“
A
dead
man
ca
n't
bleed
from
the
small
veins
in
his
skin
,
”
said
the
man
of
art
.
“
He
is
alive
,
captain
,
he
is
alive
,
as
sure
as
we
stand
here
,
and
God
's
above
.
That
little
insect
was
wiser
than
us
;
he
is
alive
.
”
“
Jackson
,
do
n't
trifle
with
me
,
or
I
'll
hang
you
at
the
yard-arm
.
God
bless
you
,
Jackson
.
Is
it
really
possible
?
Run
some
of
you
,
get
a
mirror
:
I
have
heard
that
is
a
test
.
”
“
Mirror
be
hanged
.
Doctor
Fly
knows
his
business
.
”
All
was
now
flutter
and
bustle
:
and
various
attempts
were
made
to
resuscitate
David
,
but
all
in
vain
.
At
last
the
surgeon
had
an
idea
.
“
This
man
was
never
drowned
at
all
”
said
he
:
“
I
am
sure
of
it
.
This
is
catalepsy
.
He
may
lie
this
way
for
a
week
.
But
dead
he
is
not
.
I
'll
try
the
douche
.
”
David
was
then
by
his
orders
stripped
and
carried
to
a
place
where
they
could
turn
a
watercock
on
him
from
a
height
:
and
the
surgeon
had
soon
the
happiness
of
pointing
out
to
the
captain
a
slight
blush
on
David
's
skin
in
parts
,
caused
by
the
falling
water
.
All
doubts
ceased
with
this
:
the
only
fear
was
lest
they
should
shake
out
the
trembling
life
by
rough
usage
.
They
laid
him
on
his
stomach
,
and
with
a
bellows
and
pipe
so
acted
on
the
lungs
,
that
at
last
a
genuine
sigh
issued
from
the
patient
's
breast
.
Then
they
put
him
in
a
warm
bed
,
and
applied
stimulants
;
and
by
slow
degrees
the
eyelids
began
to
wink
,
the
eyes
to
look
more
mellow
,
the
respiration
to
strengthen
,
the
heart
to
beat
:
“
Patience
,
now
,
”
said
the
surgeon
,
“
patience
,
and
lots
of
air
.
”
Patience
was
rewarded
.
Just
four
hours
after
the
first
treatment
,
a
voice
,
faint
but
calm
and
genial
,
issued
from
the
bed
on
their
astonished
ears
,
“
Good
morning
to
you
all
.
”
They
kept
very
quiet
.
In
about
five
minutes
more
the
voice
broke
out
again
,
calm
and
sonorous
—
“
Where
is
my
money
—
my
fourteen
thousand
pounds
?
”
These
words
set
them
all
looking
at
one
another
:
and
very
much
puzzled
the
surgeon
:
they
were
delivered
with
such
sobriety
and
conviction
.
“
Captain
,
”
he
whispered
,
“
ask
him
if
he
knows
you
.
”
“
David
,
”
said
the
captain
kindly
,
“
do
you
know
me
?
”
David
looked
at
him
earnestly
,
and
his
old
kindly
smile
broke
out
,
“
Know
ye
,
ye
clog
,
”
said
he
,
“
why
,
you
are
my
cousin
Reginald
.
And
how
came
you
into
this
thundering
bank
?
I
hope
you
have
got
no
money
here
.
'
Ware
land
sharks
!
”
“
We
are
not
in
a
bank
,
David
;
we
are
on
board
my
ship
.
”
“
The
deuce
we
are
.
But
where
's
my
money
?
”
“
Oh
,
we
'll
talk
about
that
by-and-by
.
”
The
surgeon
stepped
forward
,
and
said
soothingly
,
“
You
have
been
very
ill
,
sir
.
You
have
had
a
fit
.
”
“
I
believe
you
are
right
,
”
said
David
thoughtfully
.
“
Will
you
allow
me
to
examine
your
eye
?
”
“
Certainly
,
doctor
.
”
The
surgeon
examined
David
's
eye
with
his
thumb
and
finger
and
then
looked
into
it
to
see
how
the
pupil
dilated
and
contracted
.
He
rubbed
his
hands
after
this
examination
;
“
More
good
news
,
captain
!
”
then
lowering
his
voice
,
“
Your
friend
is
as
sane
as
I
am
.
”
The
surgeon
was
right
.
A
shock
had
brought
back
the
reason
a
shock
had
taken
away
.
But
how
or
why
I
know
no
more
than
the
child
unborn
.
The
surgeon
wrote
a
learned
paper
,
and
explained
the
whole
most
ingeniously
.
I
do
n't
believe
one
word
of
his
explanation
,
and
ca
n't
better
it
;
so
confine
myself
to
the
phenomena
.
Being
now
sane
,
the
boundary
wall
of
his
memory
was
shifted
.
He
remembered
his
whole
life
up
to
his
demanding
his
cash
back
of
Richard
Hardie
;
and
there
his
reawakened
mind
stopped
dead
short
.
Being
asked
if
he
knew
William
Thompson
,
he
said
,
“
Yes
,
perfectly
.
He
was
a
foretopman
on
board
the
Agra
,
and
rather
a
smart
hand
.
The
ship
was
aground
and
breaking
up
:
he
went
out
to
sea
on
a
piano
:
but
we
cut
the
hawser
as
he
drifted
under
,
and
he
got
safe
ashore
.
”
David
's
recovered
reason
rejected
with
contempt
as
an
idle
dream
all
that
had
happened
while
that
reason
was
in
defect
The
last
phenomena
I
have
to
record
were
bodily
:
one
was
noted
by
Mr.
Georgie
White
in
these
terms
:
“
Billy
's
eyes
used
to
be
like
a
seal
's
:
but
,
now
he
is
a
great
gentleman
,
they
are
like
yours
and
mine
.
”
The
other
was
more
singular
:
with
his
recovered
reason
came
his
first
grey
hair
,
and
in
one
fortnight
it
was
all
as
white
as
snow
.
He
remained
a
fortnight
on
board
the
Vulture
,
beloved
by
high
and
low
.
He
walked
the
quarter-deck
in
the
dress
of
a
private
gentleman
,
but
looking
like
an
admiral
.
The
sailors
touched
their
hats
to
him
with
a
strange
mixture
of
veneration
and
jocoseness
.
They
called
him
among
themselves
Commodore
Billy
.
He
was
supplied
with
funds
by
Reginald
,
and
put
on
board
a
merchant
ship
bound
for
England
.
He
landed
,
amid
went
straight
to
Barkington
.
There
he
heard
his
family
were
in
London
.
He
came
back
to
London
,
and
sought
them
.
A
friend
told
him
of
Green
;
he
went
to
him
,
and
of
course
Green
saw
directly
who
he
was
.
But
able
men
do
n't
cut
business
short
.
He
gravely
accepted
David
's
commission
to
find
him
Mrs.
Dodd
.
Finding
him
so
confident
,
David
asked
him
if
he
thought
he
could
find
Richard
Hardie
or
his
clerk
,
Noah
Skinner
;
both
of
whom
had
levanted
from
Barkington
.
Green
,
who
was
on
a
hot
scent
as
to
Skinner
,
demurely
accepted
both
commissions
;
and
appointed
David
to
meet
him
at
a
certain
place
at
six
.
He
came
;
he
found
Green
's
man
,
who
took
him
upstairs
,
and
there
was
that
excited
group
determining
the
ownership
of
his
receipt
.
Now
to
David
that
receipt
was
a
thing
of
yesterday
.
“
It
is
mine
,
”
said
he
.
They
all
turned
to
look
at
this
man
,
with
sober
passionless
voice
,
and
hair
of
snow
.
A
keen
cry
from
Julia
's
heart
made
every
heart
there
quiver
,
and
in
a
moment
she
was
clinging
and
sobbing
on
her
father
's
neck
.
Edward
could
only
get
his
hand
and
press
and
kiss
it
.
Instinct
told
them
Heaven
had
given
them
their
father
back
,
mind
and
all
.
Ere
the
joy
and
the
emotion
had
calmed
themselves
,
Alfred
Hardie
slipped
out
and
ran
like
a
deer
to
Pembroke
Street
.
Those
who
were
so
strangely
reunited
could
not
part
for
a
long
time
,
even
to
go
down
the
stairs
one
by
one
.
David
was
the
first
to
recover
his
composure
:
indeed
,
great
tranquillity
of
spirit
had
ever
since
his
cure
been
a
remarkable
characteristic
of
this
man
's
nature
.
His
passing
mania
seemed
to
have
burnt
out
all
his
impetuosity
,
leaving
him
singularly
sober
,
calm
,
and
self-governed
.
Mr.
Compton
took
the
money
,
and
the
will
,
and
promised
the
Executrix
,
Skinner
should
be
decently
interred
and
all
his
debts
paid
out
of
the
estate
.
He
would
look
in
at
66
by-and-by
.
And
now
a
happy
party
wended
their
way
towards
Pembroke
Street
.
But
Alfred
was
beforehand
with
them
:
he
went
boldly
up
the
stairs
,
and
actually
surprised
Mrs.
Dodd
and
Sampson
together
.
At
sight
of
him
she
rose
,
made
him
a
low
curtsey
,
and
beat
a
retreat
.
He
whipped
to
the
door
,
and
set
his
back
against
it
.
“
No
,
”
said
he
saucily
.
She
drew
up
majestically
,
and
the
colour
mounted
in
her
pale
face
.
“
What
,
sir
,
would
you
detain
me
by
force
?
”
“
And
no
mistake
,
”
said
the
audacious
boy
.
“
How
else
can
I
detain
you
when
you
hate
me
so
?
”
She
began
to
peep
into
his
sparkling
eyes
to
see
the
reason
of
this
strange
conduct
.
“
C'way
from
the
door
,
ye
vagabin
,
”
said
Sampson
.
“
No
,
no
,
my
friend
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
,
trembling
,
and
still
peering
into
his
sparkling
eyes
.
“
Mr.
Alfred
Hardie
is
a
gentleman
,
at
all
events
:
he
would
not
take
such
a
liberty
with
me
,
unless
he
had
some
excuse
for
it
.
”
“
You
are
wonderfully
shrewd
,
mamma
,
”
said
Alfred
admiringly
.
“
The
excuse
is
,
I
do
n't
hate
you
as
you
hate
me
;
and
I
am
very
happy
.
”
“
Why
do
you
call
me
mamma
to-day
?
Oh
,
doctor
,
he
calls
me
mamma
.
”
“
Th
'
audacious
vagabin
.
”
“
No
,
no
,
I
cannot
think
he
would
call
me
that
unless
he
had
some
good
news
for
us
both
?
”
“
What
good
news
can
he
have
,
except
that
his
trile
is
goin
'
well
,
and
you
do
n't
care
for
that
.
”
“
Oh
,
how
can
you
say
so
?
I
care
for
all
that
concerns
him
:
he
would
not
come
here
to
insult
my
misery
with
his
happiness
.
He
is
noble
,
he
is
generous
,
with
all
his
faults
.
How
dare
you
call
me
mamma
,
sir
!
Call
it
me
again
,
my
dear
child
;
because
then
I
shall
know
you
are
come
to
save
my
heart
from
breaking
.
”
And
with
this
,
the
truth
must
be
told
,
the
stately
Mrs.
Dodd
did
fawn
upon
Alfred
with
palms
outstretched
and
piteous
eyes
,
and
certain
cajoling
arts
of
her
sex
.
“
Give
me
a
kiss
then
,
mamma
,
”
said
the
impudent
boy
,
“
and
I
will
tell
you
a
little
bit
of
good
news
.
”
She
bowed
her
stately
head
directly
,
and
paid
the
required
tribute
with
servile
humility
and
readiness
.
“
Well
then
,
”
said
Alfred
,
and
was
just
going
to
tell
her
all
,
but
caught
sight
of
Sampson
making
the
most
expressive
pantomime
to
him
to
be
cautious
.
“
Well
,
”
said
he
,
“
I
have
seen
a
sailor
.
”
“
Ah
!
”
“
And
he
is
sure
Mr.
Dodd
is
alive
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
lifted
her
hands
to
heaven
,
but
could
not
speak
.
“
In
fact
,
”
said
Alfred
,
hesitating
(
for
he
was
a
wretched
hand
at
a
fib
)
,
“
he
saw
him
not
a
fortnight
ago
on
board
ship
.
But
that
is
not
all
,
mamma
,
the
sailor
says
he
has
his
reason
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
sank
on
her
knees
,
and
said
no
word
to
man
,
but
many
to
the
Giver
of
all
good
.
When
she
arose
,
she
said
to
Alfred
,
“
Bring
this
sailor
to
me
.
I
must
speak
with
him
directly
.
”
Alfred
coloured
.
“
I
do
n't
know
where
to
find
him
just
now
.
”
“
Oh
,
indeed
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
quietly
:
and
this
excited
her
suspicion
;
and
from
that
moment
the
cunning
creature
lay
in
wait
for
Master
Alfred
.
She
plied
him
with
questions
,
and
he
got
more
and
more
puzzled
how
to
sustain
his
story
.
At
last
,
by
way
of
bursting
out
of
his
own
net
,
he
said
,
“
But
I
am
sorry
to
say
his
hair
has
turned
white
.
But
perhaps
you
wo
n't
mind
that
.
”
“
And
he
had
n't
a
grey
hair
.
”
“
It
is
not
grey
,
like
the
doctor
's
:
it
is
as
white
as
the
driven
snow
.
”
Mrs.
Dodd
sighed
;
then
suddenly
turning
on
Alfred
,
asked
him
,
“
Did
the
sailor
tell
you
that
?
”
He
hesitated
a
moment
and
was
lost
.
“
You
have
seen
him
,
”
she
screamed
;
“
he
is
in
London
:
he
is
in
the
house
.
I
feel
him
near
me
:
”
and
she
went
into
something
very
like
hysterics
.
Alfred
was
alarmed
,
and
whispered
the
truth
.
The
doctor
sent
him
off
to
meet
them
,
and
recommended
caution
;
her
nerves
were
in
such
a
state
a
violent
shock
,
even
of
happiness
,
might
kill
her
.
Thus
warned
,
Julia
came
into
the
room
alone
,
and
while
Dr.
Sampson
was
inculcating
self-restraint
for
her
own
sake
,
she
listened
with
a
superior
smile
,
and
took
quite
a
different
line
.
“
Mamma
,
”
said
she
,
“
he
is
in
the
town
;
but
I
dare
not
bring
him
here
till
you
are
composed
:
his
reason
is
restored
;
but
his
nerves
are
not
so
strong
as
they
were
.
Now
,
if
you
agitate
yourself
,
you
will
agitate
him
,
and
will
do
him
a
serious
mischief
.
”
This
crafty
speech
produced
an
incredible
effect
on
Mrs.
Dodd
.
It
calmed
her
directly
:
or
rather
her
great
love
gave
her
strength
to
be
calm
.
“
I
will
not
be
such
a
wretch
,
”
she
said
.
“
See
:
I
am
composed
,
quite
composed
.
Bring
me
my
darling
,
and
you
shall
see
how
good
I
will
be
:
there
now
,
Julia
,
see
how
calm
I
am
,
quite
calm
.
What
,
have
I
borne
so
much
misery
,
with
Heaven
's
help
,
and
do
you
think
I
cannot
bear
this
great
happiness
for
my
dear
darling
's
sake
?
”
On
this
they
proposed
she
should
retire
to
her
room
,
and
they
would
go
for
David
.
“
Think
over
the
meeting
,
dear
,
dear
mamma
,
”
said
Julia
,
“
and
then
you
will
behave
well
for
his
sake
,
who
was
lost
to
us
and
is
found
.
”
Husband
and
wife
met
alone
in
Mrs.
Dodd
's
room
.
No
eye
,
even
of
the
children
,
ventured
to
witness
a
scene
so
strange
,
so
sacred
.
We
may
try
and
imagine
that
meeting
;
but
few
of
us
can
conceive
it
by
the
light
of
our
narrow
experience
.
Yet
one
or
two
there
may
be
—
the
world
is
wide
,
and
the
adventures
and
emotions
of
our
race
are
many
.
One
by
one
all
were
had
up
to
that
sacred
room
to
talk
to
the
happy
pair
.
They
found
David
seated
calmly
at
his
wife
's
feet
,
her
soft
hand
laid
on
his
white
hair
,
lest
he
should
leave
her
again
:
and
they
told
him
all
the
sorrow
behind
them
;
and
he
,
genial
and
kindly
as
ever
,
told
them
all
the
happiness
before
them
.
He
spoke
like
the
master
of
the
house
,
the
father
of
the
family
,
the
friend
of
them
all
.
But
with
all
his
goodness
he
was
sternly
resolved
to
have
his
14
,
000l
.
out
of
Richard
Hardie
.
He
had
an
interview
with
Mr.
Compton
that
very
night
,
and
the
lawyer
wrote
a
letter
to
Mr.
Hardie
,
saying
nothing
about
the
death
of
Skinner
,
but
notifying
that
his
client
,
Captain
Dodd
,
had
recovered
from
Noah
Skinner
the
receipt
No.
17
for
14
,
010l
.
12s
.
6d
,
and
he
was
instructed
to
sue
for
it
unless
repaid
immediately
.
He
added
Captain
Dodd
was
mercifully
restored
,
and
remembered
distinctly
every
particular
of
the
transaction
.
They
all
thought
in
their
innocence
that
Hardie
v.
Hardie
was
now
at
an
end
.
Captain
Dodd
could
prove
Alfred
's
soi-disant
illusion
to
be
the
simple
truth
.
But
Compton
thought
that
this
evidence
had
come
too
late
.
“
What
,
may
we
not
get
up
and
say
here
is
papa
,
and
it
is
all
true
?
”
cried
Julia
indignant
.
“
No
,
Miss
Dodd
;
our
case
is
closed
.
And
take
my
advice
:
do
n't
subject
your
father
to
the
agitation
of
a
trial
.
We
can
do
without
him
.
”
Well
then
,
they
would
all
go
as
spectators
,
and
pray
that
justice
might
prevail
.
They
did
go
:
and
all
sat
together
to
hear
a
matter
puzzled
over
,
which
had
David
come
one
day
earlier
he
would
have
set
at
rest
for
ever
.
Dick
Absolom
was
put
in
to
prove
that
Alfred
had
put
two
sovereigns
on
the
stumps
for
him
to
bowl
if
he
could
;
and
after
him
the
defendant
,
Mr.
Thomas
Hardie
,
a
mild
,
benevolent
,
weak
gentleman
,
was
put
into
the
box
,
and
swore
the
boy
's
father
had
come
to
him
with
story
after
story
of
the
plaintiff
's
madness
,
and
the
trouble
it
would
get
him
into
,
and
so
he
had
done
for
the
best
.
His
simplicity
was
manifest
,
and
Saunders
worked
it
ably
.
When
Colt
got
hold
of
him
,
and
badgered
him
,
he
showed
something
more
than
simplicity
.
He
stuttered
,
he
contradicted
himself
,
he
perspired
,
he
all
but
wept
.
Colt
.
—
Are
you
sure
you
had
no
spite
against
him
?
Deft
.
—
No.
Colt
.
—
You
are
not
sure
,
eh
?
This
candid
interpretation
of
his
words
knocked
the
defendant
stupid
.
He
made
no
reply
,
but
looked
utterly
flabbergasted
.
Colt
.
—
Did
he
not
provoke
you
?
Did
he
not
call
you
an
idiot
.
Deft
.
—
He
might
.
Colt
.
(
satirically
)
.
—
Of
course
he
might
.
(
Laughter
.
)
But
did
he
?
Deft
.
(
plucking
up
a
little
spirit
)
.
—
No.
He
called
me
SOFT
TOMMY
.
This
revelation
,
and
the
singular
appropriateness
of
the
nickname
,
were
so
highly
relished
by
an
intelligent
audience
,
that
it
was
a
long
time
before
the
trial
could
go
on
for
roars
.
The
plaintiff
's
ringing
laugh
was
heard
among
the
rest
.
The
cross-examination
proceeded
in
this
style
till
the
defendant
began
to
drivel
at
the
mouth
a
little
.
At
last
,
after
a
struggle
,
he
said
,
with
a
piteous
whine
,
that
he
could
not
help
it
:
he
hated
signing
his
name
;
some
mischief
always
came
of
it
;
but
this
time
he
had
no
option
.
“
No
option
?
”
said
Colt
.
“
What
do
you
mean
?
”
And
with
one
or
two
more
turns
of
the
screw
,
out
came
this
astounding
revelation
:
“
Richard
said
if
I
did
n't
put
Taff
in
one
,
he
would
put
me
in
one
.
”
The
Judge
.
—
In
one
what
?
Deft
.
(
weeping
)
.
—
In
one
madhouse
,
my
lord
.
A
peal
followed
this
announcement
,
and
Colt
sat
down
grinning
.
Saunders
rose
smiling
.
“
I
am
much
obliged
to
the
learned
counsel
for
making
my
case
,
”
said
he
:
“
I
need
not
prolong
the
sufferings
of
the
innocent
.
You
can
go
down
,
Mr.
Hardie
.
”
The
Judge
.
—
Have
you
any
defence
to
this
action
?
“
Certainly
,
my
lord
.
”
“
Do
you
call
Richard
Hardie
?
”
“
No
,
my
lord
.
”
“
Then
had
you
not
better
confine
yourself
to
the
question
of
damages
?
”
The
sturdy
Saunders
would
not
take
the
hint
;
he
replied
upon
the
whole
case
,
and
fought
hard
for
a
verdict
.
The
line
he
took
was
bold
;
he
described
Richard
Hardie
as
a
man
who
had
acquired
a
complete
power
over
his
weaker
brother
:
and
had
not
only
persuaded
him
by
statements
,
but
even
compelled
him
by
threats
,
to
do
what
he
believed
would
be
the
salvation
of
his
nephew
.
“
Will
you
imitate
the
learned
counsel
's
cruelty
?
Will
you
strike
a
child
?
”
In
short
,
he
made
a
powerful
appeal
to
their
pity
,
while
pretending
to
address
their
judgments
.
Then
Colt
rose
like
a
tower
,
and
assuming
the
verdict
as
certain
,
asked
the
jury
for
heavy
damages
.
He
contrasted
powerfully
the
defendant
's
paltry
claim
to
pity
with
the
anguish
the
plaintiff
had
undergone
.
He
drew
the
wedding
party
,
the
insult
to
the
bride
,
the
despair
of
the
kidnapped
bridegroom
;
he
lashed
the
whole
gang
of
conspirators
concerned
in
the
crime
,
regretted
that
they
could
only
make
one
of
all
these
villains
smart
,
but
hinted
that
Richard
and
Thomas
Hardie
were
in
one
boat
,
and
that
heavy
damages
inflicted
on
Thomas
would
find
the
darker
culprit
out
.
He
rapped
out
Mr.
Cowper
's
lines
on
liberty
,
and
they
were
new
to
the
jury
,
though
probably
not
to
you
;
he
warned
the
jury
that
all
our
liberties
depended
on
them
.
“
In
vain
,
”
said
he
,
“
have
we
beheaded
one
tyrant
,
and
banished
another
,
to
secure
those
liberties
,
if
men
are
to
be
allowed
to
send
away
their
own
flesh
and
blood
into
the
worst
of
all
prisons
for
life
and
not
smart
for
it
,
in
those
lamentably
few
cases
in
which
the
law
finds
them
out
and
lays
hold
of
them
.
”
But
it
would
task
my
abilities
to
the
utmost
,
and
occupy
more
time
than
is
left
me
,
to
do
anything
like
justice
to
the
fluent
fiery
eloquence
of
Colt
,
Q
.
C
.
,
when
he
got
a
great
chance
like
this
.
Tonat
,
fulgurat
,
et
rapidis
eloquentiae
fluctibus
cuncia
proruit
et
proturbat
.
Bursts
of
applause
,
that
neither
crier
nor
judge
could
suppress
,
bore
witness
to
the
deep
indignation
Britons
feel
when
their
hard-earned
liberties
are
tampered
with
by
power
or
fraud
,
in
defiance
of
law
;
and
,
when
he
sat
down
,
the
jury
were
ready
to
fly
out
at
him
with
5000l
.
in
hand
.
Then
rose
the
passionless
voice
of
“
justice
according
to
law
.
”
I
wish
I
could
give
the
very
words
.
The
following
is
the
effect
as
I
understood
it
.
Lawyers
,
forgive
my
deficiencies
.
“
This
is
an
important
,
but
not
a
difficult
case
.
The
plaintiff
sues
the
defendant
under
the
law
of
England
for
falsely
imprisoning
him
in
a
madhouse
.
The
imprisonment
is
admitted
,
and
the
sufferings
of
the
plaintiff
not
disputed
.
The
question
is
,
whether
he
was
insane
at
the
time
of
the
act
?
Now
,
I
must
tell
you
,
that
in
a
case
of
this
kind
,
it
lies
upon
the
defendant
to
prove
the
plaintiff
's
insanity
,
rather
than
on
the
plaintiff
to
prove
his
own
sanity
.
Has
the
defendant
overcome
this
difficulty
?
Illusion
is
the
best
proof
of
insanity
;
and
a
serious
endeavour
was
certainly
made
to
fasten
an
illusion
on
the
plaintiff
about
a
sum
of
14
,
000l
.
.
But
the
proof
was
weak
,
and
went
partly
on
an
assumption
that
all
error
is
hallucination
;
this
is
illusory
,
and
would
,
if
acted
on
,
set
one
half
the
kingdom
imprisoning
the
other
half
;
and
after
all
,
they
did
not
demonstrate
that
the
plaintiff
was
in
error
.
They
advanced
no
undeniable
proof
that
Mr.
Richard
Hardie
has
not
embezzled
this
L
.
14
,
000.
I
do
n't
say
it
was
proved
on
the
other
hand
that
he
did
embezzle
that
sum
.
Richard
Hardie
sueing
Alfred
Hardie
for
libel
on
this
evidence
might
possibly
obtain
a
verdict
;
for
then
the
burden
of
proof
would
lie
on
Alfred
Hardie
;
but
here
it
lies
on
those
who
say
he
is
insane
.
The
fact
appears
to
be
that
the
plaintiff
imbibed
a
reasonable
suspicion
of
his
own
father
's
integrity
;
it
was
a
suspicion
founded
on
evidence
,
imperfect
,
indeed
,
but
of
a
sound
character
as
far
as
it
went
.
There
had
been
a
letter
from
Captain
Dodd
to
his
family
,
announcing
his
return
with
14
,
000l
.
upon
him
,
and
,
while
as
yet
unaware
of
this
letter
,
the
plaintiff
heard
David
Dodd
accuse
Richard
Hardie
of
possessing
improperly
14
,
000
,
l
.
the
identical
sum
.
At
least
,
he
swears
to
this
,
and
as
Richard
Hardie
was
not
called
to
contradict
him
,
you
are
at
liberty
to
suppose
that
Richard
Hardie
had
some
difficulty
in
contradicting
him
on
oath
.
Here
,
then
,
true
or
false
,
was
a
rational
suspicion
,
and
every
man
has
a
right
to
a
rational
suspicion
of
his
neighbour
,
and
even
to
utter
it
within
due
limits
;
and
,
if
he
overstep
those
,
the
party
slandered
has
his
legal
remedy
;
but
if
he
omits
his
legal
remedy
,
and
makes
an
attempt
of
doubtful
legality
not
to
confute
,
but
to
stifle
,
the
voice
of
reasonable
suspicion
,
shrewd
men
will
suspect
all
the
more
.
But
then
comes
a
distinct
and
respectable
kind
of
evidence
for
the
defendant
;
he
urges
that
the
plaintiff
was
going
to
sign
away
his
property
to
his
wife
's
relations
.
Now
,
this
was
proved
,
and
a
draft
of
the
deed
put
in
and
sworn
to
.
This
taken
singly
has
a
very
extraordinary
look
.
Still
,
you
must
consider
the
plaintiff
's
reasonable
suspicion
that
money
belonging
to
the
Dodds
had
passed
irregularly
to
the
Hardies
,
and
then
the
wonder
is
diminished
.
Young
and
noble
minds
have
in
every
age
done
generous
,
self-denying
,
and
delicate
acts
.
The
older
we
get
,
the
less
likely
we
are
to
be
incarcerated
for
a
crime
of
this
character
;
but
we
are
not
to
imprison
youth
and
chivalry
merely
because
we
have
outgrown
them
.
To
go
from
particulars
to
generals
,
the
defendant
,
on
whom
the
proof
lies
,
has
advanced
hearsay
and
conjecture
,
and
not
put
their
originators
into
the
box
.
The
plaintiff
,
on
whom
the
proof
does
not
lie
,
has
advanced
abundant
evidence
that
he
was
sane
at
the
time
of
his
incarceration
:
this
was
proved
to
demonstration
by
friends
,
strangers
,
and
by
himself
.
”
Here
the
judge
analysed
the
testimony
of
several
of
the
plaintiff
's
witnesses
.
“
As
to
the
parties
themselves
,
it
is
curious
how
they
impersonated
,
so
to
speak
,
their
respective
lines
of
argument
.
The
representative
of
evidence
and
sound
reasoning
,
though
accused
of
insanity
,
was
precise
,
frank
,
rational
and
dignified
in
the
witness-box
;
and
I
think
you
must
have
noticed
his
good
temper
.
The
party
,
who
relied
on
hearsay
and
conjecture
,
was
as
feeble
as
they
are
;
he
was
almost
imbecile
,
as
you
observed
;
and
,
looking
at
both
parties
,
it
really
seems
monstrous
that
the
plaintiff
should
be
the
one
confined
as
a
lunatic
,
and
the
defendant
allowed
to
run
wild
and
lock
up
his
intellectual
superiors
.
If
he
means
to
lock
them
all
up
,
even
you
and
I
are
hardly
safe
.
(
Laughter
.
)
The
only
serious
question
,
I
apprehend
,
is
on
what
basis
the
damages
ought
to
be
assessed
.
The
plaintiffs
counsel
has
made
a
powerful
appeal
to
your
passions
,
and
calls
for
vengeance
.
Now
I
must
tell
you
,
you
have
no
right
to
make
yourselves
ministers
of
vengeance
,
nor
even
to
punish
the
defendant
,
in
a
suit
of
the
kind
:
still
less
ought
you
to
strike
the
defendant
harder
than
you
otherwise
would
—
in
the
vague
hope
of
punishing
indirectly
the
true
mover
of
the
defendant
and
the
other
puppets
.
I
must
warn
you
against
that
suggestion
of
the
learned
counsel
's
.
If
the
plaintiff
wants
vengeance
,
the
criminal
law
offers
it
.
He
comes
here
,
not
for
vengeance
,
but
for
compensation
,
and
restoration
to
that
society
which
he
is
every
way
fitted
to
adorn
.
More
than
this
—
and
all
our
sympathies
—
it
is
not
for
us
to
give
him
.
But
then
the
defendant
's
counsel
went
too
far
the
other
way
.
His
client
,
he
says
,
is
next
door
to
an
idiot
,
and
so
,
forsooth
,
his
purse
must
be
spared
entirely
.
This
is
all
very
well
if
it
could
be
done
without
ignoring
the
plaintiff
and
his
just
claim
to
compensation
.
Why
,
if
the
defendant
,
instead
of
being
weak-minded
,
were
an
idiot
or
a
lunatic
,
it
would
protect
him
from
punishment
as
a
felon
,
but
not
from
damages
in
a
suit
.
A
sane
man
is
not
to
be
falsely
imprisoned
by
a
lunatic
without
full
compensation
from
the
lunatic
or
his
estate
:
a
fortiori
,
he
is
not
to
be
so
imprisoned
by
a
mere
fool
without
just
compensation
.
Supposing
your
verdict
,
then
,
to
be
for
the
plaintiff
,
I
think
vindictive
damages
would
be
unfair
,
on
this
feeble
defendant
,
who
has
acted
recklessly
,
but
under
an
error
,
and
without
malice
,
or
bad
faith
.
On
the
other
hand
,
nominal
or
even
unsubstantial
damages
would
be
unjust
to
the
plaintiff
;
and
perhaps
leave
in
some
minds
a
doubt
that
I
think
you
do
not
yourselves
entertain
,
as
to
the
plaintiff
's
perfect
sanity
during
the
whole
period
of
his
life
.
”
As
soon
as
his
lordship
had
ended
,
the
foreman
of
the
jury
said
their
minds
were
quite
made
up
long
ago
.
“
Si-lence
in
the
court
.
”
“
We
find
for
the
plaintiff
,
with
damages
three
thousand
pounds
.
”
The
verdict
was
received
with
some
surprise
by
the
judge
,
and
all
the
lawyers
except
Mr.
Colt
,
and
by
the
people
with
acclamation
;
in
the
midst
of
which
Mr.
Colt
announced
that
the
plaintiff
had
just
gained
his
first
class
at
Oxford
.
“
I
wish
him
joy
,
”
said
the
judge
.
CHAPTER
LIV
THE
verdict
was
a
thunder-clap
to
Richard
Hardie
:
he
had
promised
Thomas
to
bear
him
blameless
.
The
Old
Turks
,
into
which
he
had
bought
at
72
,
were
down
to
71
,
and
that
implied
a
loss
of
five
thousand
pounds
.
On
the
top
of
all
this
came
Mr.
Compton
's
letter
neatly
copied
by
Colls
:
Richard
Hardie
was
doubly
and
trebly
ruined
.
Then
in
his
despair
and
hate
he
determined
to
baffle
them
all
,
ay
,
and
sting
the
hearts
of
some
of
them
once
more
.
He
would
give
Peggy
his
last
shilling
;
write
a
line
to
Alfred
,
another
to
Julia
,
assuring
them
he
had
no
money
,
and
they
had
killed
him
.
And
with
that
leave
them
both
the
solemn
curse
of
a
dying
father
,
and
then
kill
himself
.
Not
to
be
interrupted
in
his
plan
,
he
temporised
with
Mr.
Compton
;
wrote
that
,
if
the
Receipt
was
really
signed
by
his
agent
,
of
course
the
loss
must
fall
on
him
;
it
was
a
large
sum
,
but
he
would
sell
out
and
do
his
best
,
in
ten
days
from
date
.
With
this
he
went
and
bought
a
pistol
,
and
at
several
chemist
's
shops
a
little
essential
oil
of
almonds
:
his
plan
was
to
take
the
poison
,
and
,
if
it
killed
without
pain
,
well
and
good
;
but
if
it
tortured
him
,
then
he
would
blow
his
brains
out
at
once
.
He
soon
arranged
his
worldly
affairs
,
and
next
day
gave
Peggy
his
500
,
l
.
and
told
her
she
had
better
keep
it
for
fear
he
should
be
arrested
.
He
sent
her
on
an
errand
to
the
other
part
of
the
town
:
then
with
his
poison
and
the
pistol
before
him
on
the
table
,
wrote
a
brief
but
emphatic
curse
for
his
son
and
Julia
;
and
a
line
to
Peggy
to
thank
her
for
her
fidelity
to
one
so
much
older
than
herself
,
and
to
advise
her
to
take
a
tobacconist
's
shop
with
his
money
.
When
he
had
done
all
this
,
he
poured
out
the
fragrant
poison
and
tasted
it
.
Ere
he
could
drink
it
,
one
of
those
quidnunes
,
who
are
always
interrupting
a
gentleman
when
he
has
important
business
on
hand
,
came
running
in
with
all
manner
of
small
intelligence
.
Mr.
Hardie
put
down
the
glass
,
and
gave
him
short
,
sullen
answers
,
in
hopes
he
would
then
go
away
and
let
him
proceed
to
business
.
And
at
last
his
visitor
did
rise
and
go
.
Mr.
Hardie
sat
down
with
a
sigh
of
relief
to
his
fragrant
beverage
.
Does
n't
the
door
open
,
and
this
bore
poke
in
his
head
:
“
Oh
I
forgot
to
tell
you
;
the
Old
Turks
are
going
up
today
,
like
a
shot
.
”
And
with
this
he
slammed
the
door
again
,
and
was
off
.
At
this
the
cup
began
to
tremble
in
the
resolute
wretch
's
hand
.
The
Old
Turks
going
up
!
He
poured
the
poison
back
into
the
phial
,
and
put
it
and
the
pistol
and
all
the
letters
carefully
into
his
pocket
,
and
took
a
cab
to
the
City
.
The
report
was
true
;
there
was
an
extraordinary
movement
in
the
Old
Turks
.
The
Sultan
was
about
to
pay
a
portion
of
this
loan
,
being
at
six
per
cent
.
;
this
had
transpired
,
and
at
four
o'clock
the
Turks
were
quoted
at
73.
Mr.
Hardie
returned
a
gainer
of
5000l
.
instead
of
a
loser
.
He
locked
up
the
means
of
death
for
the
present
.
And
now
an
ordinary
man
would
have
sold
out
,
and
got
clear
of
the
fatal
trap
:
but
this
was
not
an
ordinary
man
:
he
would
not
sell
a
share
that
day
.
In
the
afternoon
they
rose
to
74.
He
came
home
,
unloaded
his
pistol
,
and
made
himself
some
brandy-and-water
,
and
with
a
grim
smile
,
flavoured
it
with
a
few
drops
of
the
poison
—
that
was
a
delicious
tumbler
.
The
Turks
went
up
,
up
,
up
,
to
82.
Then
he
sold
out
,
and
cleared
49
,
000
,
l
.
and
all
in
about
ten
days
.
With
this
revived
the
habits
of
his
youth
;
no
more
cheating
:
nothing
could
excuse
that
but
the
dread
of
poverty
.
He
went
to
his
appointment
with
Mr.
Compton
;
asked
to
see
the
Receipt
;
said
“
Yes
;
that
was
his
form
,
and
Skinner
's
handwriting
;
he
had
never
personally
received
one
farthing
of
the
money
;
Skinner
had
clearly
embezzled
it
:
but
that
did
not
matter
;
of
course
,
Captain
Dodd
must
not
lose
his
money
.
Send
your
bill
of
costs
in
Hardie
v.
Hardie
to
me
,
Mr.
Compton
,
”
said
he
,
“
they
shall
not
be
taxed
:
you
have
lost
enough
by
me
already
.
”
There
was
an
air
of
dignity
and
good
faith
about
the
man
that
half
imposed
even
on
Compton
.
And
when
Mr.
Hardie
drew
out
the
notes
and
said
,
“
I
should
be
grateful
if
you
would
forgive
me
the
interest
;
but
for
a
great
piece
of
good
fortune
on
the
Stock
Exchange
,
I
could
never
have
paid
the
whole
principal
,
”
he
said
warmly
,
“
the
interest
should
never
be
demanded
through
him
.
”
He
called
in
Colls
,
delivered
up
the
Receipt
,
and
received
the
14
,
010
,
l
.
12s
.
6d
.
from
Mr.
Hardie
.
O
immortal
Cash
!
You
,
like
your
great
inventor
,
have
then
a
kind
of
spirit
as
well
as
a
body
;
and
on
this
,
not
on
your
grosser
part
,
depends
your
personal
identity
.
So
long
as
that
survives
,
your
body
may
be
recalled
to
its
lawful
owner
from
Heaven
knows
where
.
Mr.
Compton
rushed
to
Pembroke
Street
,
and
put
this
hard
,
hard
Cash
in
David
Dodd
's
hands
once
more
.
Love
and
Constancy
had
triumphed
:
and
Julia
and
Alfred
were
to
be
married
and
go
down
to
Albion
Villa
to
prepare
it
for
the
whole
party
:
tenants
no
more
:
Alfred
had
bought
it
.
The
Commissioners
of
Lunacy
had
protected
his
20
,
000l
.
zealously
from
the
first
:
and
his
trustees
had
now
paid
the
money
over
.
Alfred
consulted
by
Mrs.
Dodd
,
whose
pet
of
pets
he
now
was
,
as
to
the
guests
to
be
asked
to
the
wedding
breakfast
,
suggested
“
None
but
the
tried
friends
of
our
adversity
.
”
“
What
an
excellent
idea
!
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
naively
.
Dr.
Sampson
being
duly
invited
asked
if
he
should
bring
his
Emulsion
.
This
proposal
puzzled
all
but
Mrs.
Dodd
.
She
was
found
laughing
heartily
in
a
corner
without
any
sound
of
laughter
.
Being
detected
and
pointed
out
by
Julia
,
she
said
,
with
a
little
crow
,
“
He
means
his
wife
.
Yes
,
certainly
,
bring
your
Emulcent
”
—
pretending
he
had
used
that
more
elegant
word
—
“
and
then
they
will
all
see
how
well
you
can
behave
.
”
Accordingly
he
brought
a
lady
,
who
was
absurdly
pretty
to
be
the
mother
of
several
grown
young
ladies
and
gentlemen
,
and
two
shades
more
quiet
and
placid
than
Mrs.
Dodd
.
She
quietly
had
her
chair
placed
by
Dr.
Sampson
's
,
and
,
whenever
he
got
racy
,
she
put
a
hand
gently
on
his
shoulder
,
and
by
some
mesmeric
effect
it
moderated
him
as
Neptune
did
the
waves
in
the
AEneid
.
She
was
such
a
mistress
of
this
mesmeric
art
,
that
she
carried
on
a
perfect
conversation
with
her
other
neighbour
,
yet
modulated
her
lion
lord
with
a
touch
of
that
composing
hand
,
in
a
parenthetical
manner
,
and
even
while
looking
another
way
.
This
hand
,
soft
as
down
,
yet
irresistible
,
suppressed
the
great
art
of
healing
,
vital
chronometry
,
the
wrongs
of
inventors
,
the
collusions
of
medicine
,
the
Mad
Ox
,
and
all
but
drawing-room
topics
,
at
the
very
first
symptom
,
and
only
just
allowed
the
doctor
to
be
the
life
and
soul
of
the
party
.
Julia
and
Mrs.
Dodd
had
a
good
cry
at
parting
.
Of
course
Alfred
consoled
them
:
reminded
them
it
was
only
for
a
week
,
and
carried
off
his
lovely
prize
,
who
in
the
carriage
soon
dried
her
eyes
upon
his
shoulder
.
Then
she
applied
to
her
new
lord
and
master
for
information
.
“
They
say
that
you
and
me
are
one
,
now
,
”
said
she
interrogatively
.
He
told
her
triumphantly
it
was
so
.
“
At
that
rate
you
are
Julius
and
I
am
Elfrida
,
”
said
she
.
“
That
is
a
bargain
,
”
said
he
,
and
sealed
it
on
the
sweet
lips
that
were
murmuring
Heaven
so
near
him
.
In
this
sore-tried
and
now
happy
pair
the
ardour
of
possession
lasted
long
,
and
was
succeeded
by
the
sober
but
full
felicity
of
conjugal
love
and
high
esteem
combined
.
They
were
so
young
and
elastic
,
that
past
sorrows
seemed
but
to
give
one
zest
more
to
the
great
draught
of
happiness
they
now
drank
day
by
day
.
They
all
lived
together
at
Albion
Villa
,
thanks
to
Alfred
.
He
was
by
nature
combative
,
and
his
warlike
soul
was
roused
at
the
current
theory
that
you
cannot
be
happy
under
the
same
roof
with
your
wife
's
mother
.
“
That
is
cant
,
”
said
he
to
Mrs.
Dodd
;
“
let
us
,
you
and
I
,
trample
on
it
hand
in
hand
.
”
“
My
child
,
”
said
poor
Mrs.
Dodd
sorrowfully
,
“
I
am
a
poor
hand
at
trampling
;
and
everybody
says
a
mother-in-law
in
the
house
bores
a
young
gentleman
sadly
.
”
“
If
a
young
gentleman
ca
n't
live
happy
with
you
,
mamma
,
”
said
he
,
kissing
her
,
“
he
is
a
little
snob
,
that
is
all
,
and
not
fit
to
live
at
all
.
Delenda
est
Cantilena
!
That
means
'
Down
with
Cant
!
'
”
They
did
live
together
:
and
behold
eleven
French
plays
,
with
their
thirty-three
English
adaptations
,
confuted
to
the
end
of
time
.
Creatures
so
high-bred
as
Mrs.
Dodd
never
fidget
one
.
There
is
a
repose
about
them
;
they
are
balm
to
all
those
they
love
,
and
blister
to
none
.
Item
,
no
stranger
could
tell
by
Mrs.
Dodd
's
manner
whether
Edward
or
Alfred
was
her
own
son
.
Oh
,
you
happy
little
villa
!
you
were
as
like
Paradise
as
any
mortal
dwelling
can
be
.
A
day
came
,
however
,
when
your
walls
could
no
longer
hold
all
the
happy
inmates
.
Julia
presented
Alfred
with
a
lovely
boy
;
enter
nurses
,
and
the
villa
showed
symptoms
of
bursting
.
Two
months
more
,
and
Alfred
and
his
wife
and
boy
overflowed
into
the
next
villa
.
It
was
but
twenty
yards
off
;
and
there
was
a
double
reason
for
the
migration
.
As
often
happens
after
a
long
separation
Heaven
bestowed
on
Captain
and
Mrs.
Dodd
another
infant
to
play
about
their
knees
at
present
,
and
help
them
grow
younger
instead
of
older
:
for
tender
parents
begin
life
again
with
their
children
.
The
boys
were
nearly
of
a
size
,
though
the
nephew
was
a
month
or
two
older
than
his
uncle
,
a
relationship
that
was
early
impressed
on
their
young
minds
,
and
caused
those
who
heard
their
prattle
many
a
hearty
laugh
.
“
Mrs.
Dodd
,
”
said
a
lady
,
“
I
could
n't
tell
by
your
manner
which
is
yours
and
which
is
your
daughter
's
.
”
“
Why
they
are
both
mine
,
”
said
Mrs.
Dodd
piteously
,
and
opening
her
eyes
with
gentle
astonishment
.
As
years
rolled
on
Dr.
Sampson
made
many
converts
at
home
and
abroad
.
The
foreign
ones
acknowledged
their
obligations
.
The
leading
London
physicians
managed
more
skilfully
;
they
came
into
his
ideas
,
and
bit
by
bit
reversed
their
whole
practice
,
and
,
twenty
years
after
,
Sampson
began
to
strengthen
the
invalid
at
once
,
instead
of
first
prostrating
him
,
and
so
causing
either
long
sickness
or
sudden
death
.
But
,
with
all
this
,
they
disowned
their
forerunner
,
and
still
called
him
a
quack
while
adopting
his
quackery
.
This
dishonesty
led
them
into
difficulties
.
To
hide
that
their
whole
practice
in
medicine
was
reversed
on
better
information
,
they
went
from
shuffle
to
shuffle
,
till
at
last
they
reached
this
climax
of
fatuity
and
egotism
—
THE
TYPE
OF
DISEASE
IS
CHANGED
.
Natura
mutatur
,
non
nos
mutamur
.
O
,
mutable
Nature
and
immutable
doctors
!
O
,
unstable
Omniscience
,
and
infallible
Nescience
!
The
former
may
err
;
the
latter
never
—
in
its
own
opinion
.
At
this
rate
,
draining
the
weak
of
their
life
blood
was
the
right
thing
in
Cervantes
'
day
:
and
when
he
observed
that
it
killed
men
like
sheep
,
and
said
so
under
the
head
of
Sangrado
,
he
was
confounding
his
own
age
with
an
age
to
come
three
hundred
years
later
,
in
which
coming
age
depletion
was
going
to
be
wrong
.
Moliere
—
in
lashing
the
whole
scholastic
system
of
lancet
,
purge
,
and
blister
as
one
of
slaughter
—
committed
the
same
error
:
mistook
his
century
for
one
to
come
.
And
Sampson
,
thirty
years
ago
,
sang
the
same
tune
,
and
mistook
his
inflammatory
generation
for
the
cool
generation
as
yet
unborn
.
In
short
,
it
is
the
characteristic
of
a
certain
blunder
called
genius
to
see
things
too
far
in
advance
.
The
surest
way
to
avoid
this
is
not
to
see
them
at
all
;
but
go
blindly
by
the
cant
of
the
hour
.
Race
moutonuiere
va
!
Sampson
was
indignant
at
finding
that
these
gentry
,
after
denouncing
him
for
years
as
a
quack
,
were
pilfering
his
system
,
yet
still
reviling
him
.
He
went
in
a
towering
passion
,
and
hashed
them
by
tongue
and
pen
:
told
them
they
were
his
subtractors
now
as
well
as
detractors
,
asked
them
how
it
happened
that
in
countries
where
there
is
no
Sampson
the
type
of
disease
remains
unchanged
,
depletion
is
the
practice
,
and
death
the
result
,
as
it
was
in
every
age
?
No
man
,
however
stout
,
can
help
being
deeply
wounded
when
he
sees
his
ideas
stolen
,
yet
their
author
and
publisher
disowned
.
Many
men
's
hearts
have
been
broken
by
this
:
but
I
doubt
whether
they
were
really
great
men
.
Do
n't
tell
me
Lilliput
ever
really
kills
Brobdignag
.
Except
,
of
course
,
when
Brobdignag
takes
medical
advice
of
Lilliput
.
Dr.
Sampson
had
three
shields
against
subtraction
,
detraction
,
and
all
the
wrongs
inventors
endure
:
to
wit
,
a
choleric
temper
,
a
keen
sense
of
humour
,
and
a
good
wife
.
He
storms
and
rages
at
his
detracting
pupils
;
but
ends
with
roars
of
laughter
at
their
impudence
.
I
am
told
he
still
hopes
to
meet
with
justice
some
day
,
and
to
give
justice
a
chance
,
he
goes
to
bed
at
ten
,
for
,
says
he
—
“
Jinny
us
,
jinny
us
,
Take
care
of
your
carcass
,
”
and
explains
that
no
genius
ever
lived
to
ninety
without
being
appreciated
.
“
If
Chatterton
and
Keats
had
attended
to
this
,
they
would
have
been
all
right
.
If
James
Watt
had
died
at
fifty
he
would
have
been
all
wrong
;
for
at
fifty
he
was
a
failure
!
so
was
the
painter
Etty
,
the
English
Tishin
.
”
And
then
he
accumulates
examples
.
His
last
distich
bearing
on
Hard
Cash
is
worth
recording
.
“
Miss
Julee
,
”
said
he
,
“
y
'
are
goen
to
maerry
int
'
a
strange
family
—
Where
th
'
ijjit
puts
the
jinnyus
In-til
a
madhus
,
”
which
,
like
most
of
the
droll
things
this
man
said
,
was
true
:
for
Soft
Tommy
and
Alfred
were
the
two
intellectual
extremes
of
the
whole
tribe
of
Hardies
.
Mrs.
Archbold
,
disappointed
both
in
love
and
revenge
,
posed
her
understanding
,
and
soothed
her
mind
,
with
Frank
Beverley
and
opium
.
This
soon
made
the
former
deep
in
love
with
her
,
and
his
intellect
grew
by
contact
with
hers
.
But
one
day
news
came
from
Australia
that
her
husband
was
dead
.
Now
,
perhaps
I
shall
surprise
the
reader
,
if
I
tell
him
that
this
Edith
Archbold
began
her
wedded
life
a
good
,
confiding
,
loving
,
faithful
woman
.
Yet
so
it
was
:
the
unutterable
blackguard
she
had
married
,
he
it
was
who
laboured
to
spoil
her
character
,
and
succeeded
at
last
,
and
drove
her
,
unwilling
at
first
,
to
other
men
.
The
news
of
his
death
was
like
a
shower-bath
;
it
roused
her
.
She
took
counsel
with
herself
,
and
hope
revived
in
her
strong
head
and
miserable
heart
.
She
told
Frank
,
and
watched
him
like
a
hawk
.
He
instantly
fell
on
his
knees
,
and
implored
her
to
marry
him
directly
.
She
gave
him
her
hand
and
turned
away
,
and
shed
the
most
womanly
tear
that
had
blessed
her
for
years
.
“
I
am
not
mad
,
you
know
,
”
said
poor
Frank
;
“
I
am
only
a
bit
of
a
muff
.
”
To
make
a
long
story
short
,
she
exerted
all
her
intelligence
,
and
with
her
help
Frank
took
measures
towards
superseding
his
Commission
of
Lunacy
.
Now
,
in
such
a
case
,
the
Lord
Chancellor
always
examines
the
patient
in
person
.
What
was
the
consequence
?
Instead
of
the
vicarious
old
Wolf
,
who
had
been
devouring
him
at
third
and
fourth
hand
,
Frank
had
two
interviews
with
the
Chancellor
himself
:
a
learned
,
grave
,
upright
gentleman
,
who
questioned
him
kindly
and
shrewdly
and
finding
him
to
be
a
young
man
of
small
intellectual
grasp
,
but
not
the
least
idiotic
or
mad
,
superseded
his
commission
in
defiance
of
his
greedy
kinsfolk
,
and
handed
him
his
property
.
He
married
Edith
Archbold
,
and
she
made
him
as
happy
as
the
day
was
long
.
For
the
first
year
or
two
she
treated
his
adoration
with
good-natured
contempt
;
but
,
as
years
rolled
on
,
she
became
more
loving
,
and
he
more
knowing
!
They
are
now
a
happy
pair
,
and
all
between
her
first
honest
love
,
and
this
her
last
,
seems
to
her
a
dream
.
So
you
see
a
female
rake
can
be
ameliorated
by
a
loving
husband
,
as
well
as
a
male
rake
by
a
loving
wife
.
It
sounds
absurd
,
and
will
offend
my
female
readers
and
their
unchristian
prejudices
,
but
that
black-browed
jade
is
like
to
be
one
of
the
best
wives
and
mothers
in
England
.
But
then
,
mind
you
,
she
had
always
—
Brains
.
I
do
not
exactly
know
why
Horace
puts
together
those
two
epithets
,
“
just
”
and
“
tenacious
of
purpose
.
”
Perhaps
he
had
observed
they
go
together
.
To
be
honest
,
I
am
not
clear
whether
this
is
so
on
the
grand
scale
.
But
certainly
the
two
features
did
meet
remarkably
in
one
of
my
characters
—
Alfred
Hardie
.
The
day
the
bank
broke
,
he
had
said
he
would
pay
the
creditors
.
He
now
set
to
work
to
do
it
by
degrees
.
He
got
the
names
and
addresses
,
lived
on
half
his
income
,
and
paid
half
away
to
those
creditors
:
he
even
asked
Julia
to
try
and
find
Maxley
out
,
and
do
something
for
him
.
“
But
do
n't
let
me
see
him
,
”
said
he
,
trembling
,
“
for
I
could
not
answer
for
myself
.
”
Maxley
was
known
to
be
cranky
,
but
harmless
,
and
wandering
about
the
country
.
Julia
wrote
to
Mr.
Green
about
him
:
Alfred
's
was
an
uphill
game
;
but
fortune
favours
the
obstinate
as
well
as
the
bold
.
One
day
,
about
four
years
after
his
marriage
with
Julia
,
being
in
London
,
he
found
a
stately
figure
at
the
corner
of
a
street
,
holding
out
his
hand
for
alms
,
too
dignified
to
ask
it
except
by
that
mute
and
touching
gesture
.
It
was
his
father
.
Then
,
as
truly
noble
natures
must
forgive
the
fallen
,
Alfred
was
touched
to
the
heart
,
and
thought
of
the
days
of
his
childhood
,
before
temptation
came
.
“
Father
,
”
said
he
,
“
have
you
come
to
this
?
”
“
Yes
,
Alfred
,
”
said
Richard
composedly
:
“
I
undertook
too
many
speculations
,
especially
in
land
and
houses
;
they
seemed
profitable
at
first
,
too
;
but
now
I
am
entirely
hampered
:
if
you
would
but
relieve
me
of
them
,
and
give
me
a
guinea
a
week
to
live
on
,
I
would
forgive
all
your
disobedient
conduct
.
”
Alfred
bit
his
lip
,
had
a
wrestle
with
the
old
Adam
;
and
said
gently
,
“
Come
home
with
me
,
sir
.
”
He
took
him
to
Barkington
,
bag
and
baggage
;
and
his
good
Christian
wife
received
the
old
man
with
delight
;
she
had
prayed
day
and
night
for
this
reconciliation
.
Finding
his
son
so
warm
,
and
being
himself
as
cool
,
Richard
Hardie
entrapped
Alfred
into
an
agreement
,
to
board
and
lodge
him
,
and
pay
him
a
guinea
every
Saturday
at
noon
;
in
return
for
this
Alfred
was
to
manage
Richard
's
property
,
and
pocket
the
profits
,
if
any
.
Alfred
assented
:
the
old
man
chuckled
at
his
son
's
simplicity
,
and
made
him
sign
a
formal
agreement
to
that
effect
.
This
done
he
used
so
sit
brooding
and
miserable
nearly
all
the
week
till
guinea
time
came
;
and
then
brightened
up
a
bit
.
One
day
Alfred
sent
for
an
accountant
to
look
after
his
father
's
papers
,
and
see
if
matters
were
really
desperate
.
The
accountant
was
not
long
at
work
,
and
told
Alfred
the
accounts
were
perfectly
clear
,
and
kept
in
the
most
,
admirable
order
.
“
The
cash
balance
is
60
,
000
,
l
.
”
said
he
,
“
and
many
of
the
rents
are
due
.
It
is
an
agent
you
want
,
not
an
accountant
.
”
“
What
are
you
talking
about
?
A
balance
of
60
,
000l
.
?
”
Alfred
was
stupefied
.
The
accountant
,
however
,
soon
convinced
him
by
the
figures
it
was
so
.
Alfred
went
with
the
good
news
to
his
father
.
His
father
went
into
a
passion
.
“
That
is
one
side
of
the
account
,
ye
fool
,
”
said
he
;
“
think
of
the
rates
,
the
taxes
,
the
outgoings
.
You
want
to
go
from
your
bargain
,
and
turn
me
on
the
world
;
but
I
have
got
you
in
black
and
white
,
tight
,
tight
.
”
Then
Alfred
saw
the
truth
,
and
wondered
at
his
past
obtuseness
.
His
father
was
a
monomaniac
.
He
consulted
Sampson
,
