92 HISTORY OF HARTING. 



he, I will tell you the whole matter," and then con- 

 fessed. At the trial* Lord Grey proposes to send the 

 Lady Harriet to his own sister who had married a 

 Mr. Neville. He makes " a long discourse," as the 

 Chief Justice characterized it : " His honour lies at 

 stake : he has suffered a fortnight's close confinement, 

 and been most unhappy." He tries to avoid the evi- 

 dence of abduction. Lady Henrietta, in her turn, 

 exculpates Lord Grey of abduction, and when she 

 says " I have been very much reflected upon here to- 

 day, and my reputation suffers much by the censure 

 of the world," is silenced by Justice Dolben and the 

 Lord Chief Justice. In the last stage of the trial 

 after a verdict of guilty against Lord Grey, Lord 

 Berkeley claims his daughter. Lady Henrietta : " I 

 will not go to my father again." At the same time 

 she declares herself married to a Mr. Turner. Sergeant 

 Jeffries shows that as Mr. Turner is already married 

 this is bigamous. Then ensues the scene which Lord 

 Macaulay describes as " unparalleled in our legal 

 history." 



Lady Henrietta : " I will go with my husband." 

 Earl of Berkeley (her father) : " Huswife,f you shall 

 go with me home." 



Lady Henrietta : " I will go with my husband." 

 Earl of Berkeley : " Huswife, you shall go with me, 

 I say." 



Lady Henrietta : " I will go with my husband." 

 Earl of Berkeley to Lord Chief Justice : " My lord, 

 I desire that I may have my daughter again." 



Lord Chief Justice : " My lord, we do not hinder 

 you, you may take her." 



6 One witness swore that Lord Grey was sometimes for two 

 days together secreted in a cupboard of Lady Berkeley's house, 

 with nothing but sweetmeats to eat. 



f " Huswife" or "hussey," always a term of reproach. For 

 respect 



" ' Goody,' ' good woman,' ' gossip,' ' n'aunt forsooth,' 

 Or ' dame,' the sole additions she did hear." 



(Shenstone's " School-mistress") 



