390 DEFENCE OF QUEEN CAROLINE. [1820. 



fatigue at the close of some hours' speaking will be a 

 complete apology for confining your statement to the 

 most general terms possible ; and, at all events, it ought 

 rather to fall short of the evidence than overstep it. 

 Lushington may be heard either before or after the 

 summing up, as circumstances at the moment seem to 

 require. I shall send your letter to him by to-day's 

 post, and hope to see him here to-morrow. We will 

 then give you more in detail our joint opinion. 



"Meanwhile, my general impression is, that our 

 strength is in their weakness ; that our case will be 

 next to nothing; that the opening, therefore, ought 

 rather to be slurred than explicit; but that, as the 

 evidence now stands, we are clearly entitled to an 

 acquittal in any court, and may decidedly fix public 

 opinion in our favour. 



" In case of evidence in reply, you must again be 

 heard, when, in spite of all restrictions, you will derive 

 the fullest advantage from every favourable occurrence 

 that may have arisen in the further progress of the 

 affair. 



" I get better every hour, and most sincerely hope 

 you keep your own, and improve. 



" Pray write again if anything strikes you. Yours 

 most faithfully and sincerely, THOMAS DENMAN." 



