Wesley Corpus

When I saw him again, he said, ‘No patient in the house dares speak to any one; and I could get no pen, ink, and paper; but I got a pin and a card, on which a young woman has pricked her name: Here it is.’ I took the card, and knew the name. The next day I went to her father, and asked, ‘Sir, where is your daughter?” He said, ‘She is lately married to a very worthy man, and is gone with her husband into the country.’ I then told him the story, and we went together to the Lord Chief Justice. Early in the morning we went to the Doctor's house, and knocked at the door. He looked through a little grate, and bade us go on our way; we had no business with him. I answered, ‘Here is the Lord Chief Justice's warrant, and his tip-staff. Open the door, or we shall break it open. He then opened it, and I asked, ‘Where is the young lady that was brought in hither three days ago?” He answered, ‘There is no such person in my house; you may search it from top to bottom. We did so; but could not find any trace of her. Coming down the stairs, I said, ‘Is there no one under these stairs?’ The Doctor answered, “There is a poor creature; but she is so outrageous, that we are obliged to shut her up in the dark. On his opening the door, she put out her head. My friend sighed, and said, ‘I know nothing of this poor thing. She answered, ‘What, Sir, am I so altered in three days, that you do not know your own daughter?” He immediately knew her voice, and took her home. Her husband was very glad to refund her fortune.”