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No , he must and shall get his first-class , and win his trial ; and then you know any lady will be too proud to marry him , and , when he is married and happy , you can tell him I did all I could for him , and hunted up the witnesses , and was his loving friend , though I could not -- be -- his -- wife . '' She could not say this without crying ; but she said it for all that , and meant it too . Besides helping Mr. Compton to get up the evidence , this true and earnest friend and lover had attended the court day after day , to watch how things were done , and , womanlike , to see what _ pleased _ and what _ displeased _ the court . The witnesses subpoenaed on either side in Hardie _ v. _ Hardie began to arrive at ten o'clock , and a tall stately man paraded Westminster Hall , to see if Skinner came with them . All other anxieties had merged in this : for the counsel had assured him if nothing unexpected turned up , Thomas Hardie would have a verdict , or if not , the damages would be nominal . At last the court crier cried , with a loud voice , `` Hardie _ v. _ Hardie . '' Julia 's eyes roved very anxiously for Alfred , and up rose Mr. Garrow , and stated to the court the substance of the declaration : `` To this , '' he said , `` three pleas have been pleaded : first , the plea of not guilty , which is a formal plea ; also another plea , which has been demurred to , and struck off the record ; and , lastly , that at the time of the alleged imprisonment the plaintiff was of unsound mind , and a fit person to be confined ; which is the issue now to be tried . ''