458 DEATH OF LORD GEORGE BENTINCK. 



My father and Mee continued along the road, and 

 I stood for a minute or two looking at the gentle- 

 man. While I was standing he turned round and 

 looked towards the kennels. I thought he was 

 reading, as, before he turned round, he held his 

 head down. He was still standing at the gate when 

 I walked on. I was about two hundred yards from 

 the gate ; it was about half-past four o'clock.' 



" Lenthall the stable-helper, who drove Gard- 

 ner, Lord George Bentinck's valet, to Thoresby, 

 related the finding of the body. ' I was called 

 out of bed at night and asked if I had seen Lord 

 George on my way home, as he had not reached 

 Thoresby. I got up, and along with Gardner 

 the valet, and George Wilson, went to search for 

 his Lordship. We took lanterns and followed on 

 the foot-road I had seen him taking. We found 

 the body of his Lordship lying close to the gate 

 which separates the kennel water-meadow. He 

 was quite dead, and lying on his face. His hat 

 was a yard or two before him, having evidently 

 been thrown off in falling. He was lying flat on 

 his face, and one of his arms was under him. I 

 left the men with the body, and immediately 

 started off for Mr Hase, the Worksop surgeon. 

 A few minutes before we found the body Mr 

 Hase had passed on horseback, and asked what 

 we were searching for. We declined telling him, 

 as we had no idea that any harm had come to his 

 Lordship, and did not wish to set rumour floating.' 



