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I told him he was wrong in this case ; that I knew the facts , and everything would be clearly explained that very day and Brandon released . `` That 's all very well , '' responded the stubborn creature ; `` nobody is guilty who comes here ; they can every one prove innocence clearly and at once . Notwithstanding , they nearly all hang , and frequently , for variety 's sake , are drawn and quartered . '' I waited about Newgate until nine o'clock , and as I passed out met Buckingham and his man Johnson , a sort of lawyer-knight , going in . I went down to the palace at Greenwich , and finding that the girls were still at Scotland Palace , rode over at once to see them . Upon getting Mary and Jane to myself , I told them of Brandon 's arrest on the charge of murder , and of his condition , lying half dead from wounds and loss of blood , in that frightful dungeon . The tale moved them greatly , and they both gave way to tears .