The tie in with the gardener's daughter is cloudy. It's mentioned the gardener was highly under control and dependent on Coply-Barnes implying his response to a troubling situation was limited. I assume the situation was abuse by Coply-Barnes.
It seems unfathomable a normal thinking father wouldn't take immediate action calling the authorities. Was it mentioned somewhere the gardener was unstable?
Or is my tie to the gardener's daughter wrong?
Recent events have made us all aware how long abusers in authority can get away with it.
shareIt's not hard to believe that the gardener felt he had nowhere to go. People like the Master control people's lives everyday. We see it happen everyday.
shareThe world is littered with stories of long-buried abuse allegations, Copley-Barnes was a powerful, well respected man. Phil felt, and was possibly right, that going to the Police with, at this point, un-provable allegations would get him nowhere.
You only have to look at the legacy of Jimmy Savile in the UK who was a famous and popular Broadcaster on the BBC for 45 years or more. Allegations were first raised in the 1970s that he was a rapist and an abuser. he died a couple of years ago a free man because nothing was ever done, since his death...well google it.
Phil had little alternative, he knew an allegation would make him some powerful enemies, so he took the only route a father in despair has.
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