Gripe and his friend Graspall; upon which she, in conjunction with her
brother, defended him in Westminster Hall, where Mr. Smith gained a
verdict. As a justice of the peace he was struck off the list, and no
longer permitted to act in that capacity. A relation of his who had a
right to the Mouldwell estate, finding that it was possible to get the
better at law of a rich man, laid claim to it, brought his action, and
recovered the whole manor of Mouldwell; and being afterwards inclined
to sell it, he in consideration of the aid Lady Margery had lent him
during his distress, made her the first offer, and she purchased the
whole. This mortified Sir Timothy and his friend Graspall, who
experienced nothing but misfortunes, and was in a few years so
dispossessed of his ill-gotten wealth, that his family were reduced to
seek subsistance from the parish, at which those who had felt the
weight of his iron hand rejoiced; but Lady Margery desired that his
children might be treated with care and tenderness; "for they" (says
she) "are noways accountable for the actions of their father." At her
first coming into power, she took care to gratify her old friends,
especially Mr. and Mrs. Smith, whose family she made happy.
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