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All had so far gone well Maria Hatherton had been committed to take her

trial at the quarter sessions for the assault upon the children; but, as

her own little girl was still living, though in extree of both for the present, Colonel Keith

had thought it only common humanity to offer bail, and this had been

accepted Later in the day Mauleverer hirandof his Bristol friends, who had

all rallied round hination at the accusation,

and offering evidence as to character He denied any knowledge of the

name of Maddox, and declared that he was able to prove that his own

account of himself as a popular, philanthropical lecturer was perfectly

correct; and he professed to be ainst him, which could only have arisen fro lady's mind, excited by her friends, whoainst hi ie; but, as he could find no one

to take his part, he reserved his defence for the quarter sessions, for

which he was fully coht, however, that it was so

doubtful whether the charges against hihly necessary to be fully prepared to press the forainst hi at St Norbert's

and going on by an early train to obtain legal advice in London, and

then to see Harry Beauchaently as possible, backing up Colin's own representations of the

necessity of his return