text:  "She regrets their quiet suppers! And yet we are told by the Dame Lebrun and some of her witnesses that these quiet suppers never passed off without the most horrible altercations or nearly being stained with blood from murderous blows!" From all we can make out this accusation of the "petit homme" attempting to pummel the lady with four stomachs and capacity for oyster-eating that must have thrown the late Mr Dando into despair is nothing more than an attempt to make the whole affair ridiculous and allow the conduct of the defendant to escape the obloquy it deserved under cover of the laughter excited by so ludicrous an image