[1] Dashwood lodged for a time with a Mrs. Gordon in Kensington Square, and met her two sons, Loudoun and Lockhart, when they returned on holiday from their boarding schools.
[2] Mrs Lee went to live in Manchester, but she was in London in 1803 when she was kidnapped by - or went away with or eloped with - the two Gordon brothers.
They had both graduated from Oxford University: Loudoun Harcourt was not rich while Lockhart was not only married but was employed as a clergyman.
Witnesses were called and the judge stopped the case after hearing that Lee did not deny saying to the chambermaid "Tell my husband he may come to bed in ten minutes".
The Judge ruled that during their time in Oxfordshire Lee had freely consented to travelling with the Gordon brothers.