88. Reparations for Emily Dodgson

Fellowes paid the fine that the court had imposed, and though he appealed the verdict, failed in that attempt, and as a result of some other issues that came to light, went to Debtor's Prison for a few months. His run as an entrepreneur was done, though men like that are seldom down for long, many of them have the power to rise again no matter what adversity is thrown at them. In this case however, once the whole story got out, few people wanted to deal with him, his glib credibility was shot.

I took the money and gave five thousand pounds of it to Emily Dodgson, two of which she kept to herself, though she confided to me that she had all that she needed, Fellowes' money would serve as an inheritance for her daughters. The other three thousand pounds was split as dowries for each of the Dodgson girls, and held in trust until it was needed.

The balance of the money - three thousand pounds - was also split and some went to the families that had been dispossessed of their tenancies by Alfred Dodgson. The rest was used to create a fund for the relief of the poor in the Parish of St Mary Rogeringham.