Coaching days and coaching ways . if l mmggzk •? ? V- •? -. / -J 77te Black Bear, Hungerford. very interesting and creditable, but only a contemptuousallusion here and there to the alleged horrible andmysterious crime. Mr. Hall, to be plain, treats the whole accusation ofmurder brought against Darrell as so much vindictivecackle. On what grounds it is difficult to conjecture,unless indeed it be that Darrell, when accused of murder THE BATH ROAD 49 before the magistrates, replied to the wild charge witha mournful dignity —but so did the late Mr. WilliamPalmer of Rugeley notoriety under similarl
Coaching days and coaching ways . if l mmggzk •? ? V- •? -. / -J 77te Black Bear, Hungerford. very interesting and creditable, but only a contemptuousallusion here and there to the alleged horrible andmysterious crime. Mr. Hall, to be plain, treats the whole accusation ofmurder brought against Darrell as so much vindictivecackle. On what grounds it is difficult to conjecture,unless indeed it be that Darrell, when accused of murder THE BATH ROAD 49 before the magistrates, replied to the wild charge witha mournful dignity —but so did the late Mr. WilliamPalmer of Rugeley notoriety under similarly embarrass-ing circumstances ; and he could keep accounts as wellas Darrell could, ay, and make a book too. I trust,I am sure, that the author of Society in the ElizabethanAge will give us many more charming works of thesame kind, but he must really not try to destroy allromantic faith that is in us with such doubtful argu-ments as these. Meanwhile I wonder whether he hasseen all those papers that Pophams agent seizedalmost before Darrells breath was o
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