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ABDUCTION OF MISS GLENN.
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They got to Thornford early on Monday morning, and you
will hear, for I again forbear to describe it to you ;—you will
hear the state of this young lady when she arrived at Mr.
Paul’s house, and you will hear the condition she was in
during the day, for that is part of the defence : for I am sa-
tisfied this part will be much rested upon.
Gentlemen, a respectable gentleman of the name of Tem-
pter, who is, I believe, a clergyman, came to Mr. Paul’s
house on the Monday, for the purpose of shooting. I am
told that Mr. Templer dined at the table at which this young
lady was seated; and the way in which this dinner is suppos-
ed to have passed, will be much rested upon on the other
side. My learned friends will say, supposing this young lady
could account for her not telling her uncle and aunt; how is
she to account for her not telling Mr. Templer her situation,
at the time when Mr. Templer was at Mr. Paul’s house.
To which I answer in direct terms; she was an utter
stranger to Mr. Templer; she was an utter stranger to Mr.
Paul. She had been in the hands of people who were treat-
ing her with the greatest possible cruelty. She was, as I be-
fore observed, an utter stranger to Mr. Templer; she was
hemmed in with the belief that those about her were the
most determined enemies of her peace of mind. You can-
not be surprised, then, that on seeing a stranger at Mr. Paul’s
house, herself also a stranger there, and other persons sitting
at the table you are not to feel surprised that Miss Glenn
did not say, “ Mr. Templer, I am here a prisoner against my
will,” at the time when she firmly believed (most erroneously
indeed) that her fate was decided from the earliest stage of
the business. This is my answer to what I anticipate upon
this part of the case; that I say, is the reason why she did
not mention her situation to Mr. Templer.
Gentlemen, in the course of the following night, an inti-
mation had been given to Mr. Tuckett where this unhappy
girl was ; and the persons who were properly deputed by
Mr. Tuckett for the purpose of effectuating her return, ar-
415
They got to Thornford early on Monday morning, and you
will hear, for I again forbear to describe it to you ;—you will
hear the state of this young lady when she arrived at Mr.
Paul’s house, and you will hear the condition she was in
during the day, for that is part of the defence : for I am sa-
tisfied this part will be much rested upon.
Gentlemen, a respectable gentleman of the name of Tem-
pter, who is, I believe, a clergyman, came to Mr. Paul’s
house on the Monday, for the purpose of shooting. I am
told that Mr. Templer dined at the table at which this young
lady was seated; and the way in which this dinner is suppos-
ed to have passed, will be much rested upon on the other
side. My learned friends will say, supposing this young lady
could account for her not telling her uncle and aunt; how is
she to account for her not telling Mr. Templer her situation,
at the time when Mr. Templer was at Mr. Paul’s house.
To which I answer in direct terms; she was an utter
stranger to Mr. Templer; she was an utter stranger to Mr.
Paul. She had been in the hands of people who were treat-
ing her with the greatest possible cruelty. She was, as I be-
fore observed, an utter stranger to Mr. Templer; she was
hemmed in with the belief that those about her were the
most determined enemies of her peace of mind. You can-
not be surprised, then, that on seeing a stranger at Mr. Paul’s
house, herself also a stranger there, and other persons sitting
at the table you are not to feel surprised that Miss Glenn
did not say, “ Mr. Templer, I am here a prisoner against my
will,” at the time when she firmly believed (most erroneously
indeed) that her fate was decided from the earliest stage of
the business. This is my answer to what I anticipate upon
this part of the case; that I say, is the reason why she did
not mention her situation to Mr. Templer.
Gentlemen, in the course of the following night, an inti-
mation had been given to Mr. Tuckett where this unhappy
girl was ; and the persons who were properly deputed by
Mr. Tuckett for the purpose of effectuating her return, ar-