▁green ▁sw amp , ▁but ▁so ▁near ▁the ▁house , ▁that ▁one ▁cannot ▁conce ive ▁how ▁it ▁was ▁ever ▁chosen ▁as ▁a ▁place ▁of ▁temporary ▁conce al ment ▁for ▁the ▁murder ed ▁body . ▁The ▁d irt ▁of ▁the ▁present ▁habit ation ▁equals ▁its ▁des olation ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁[ t ] he ▁land l ord ▁had ▁dis m ant led ▁the ▁place ▁because ▁no ▁respect able ▁person ▁would ▁live ▁there ." ▁ ▁Another ▁distinguished ▁ess ay ist , ▁Thomas ▁Bab ington ▁Mac a ul ay , ▁acid ly ▁remarked : ▁" There ▁is ▁a ▁possibility ▁that ▁Th urt ell ▁may ▁have ▁killed ▁We are ▁only ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁youth ▁of ▁England ▁an ▁impress ive ▁warning ▁against ▁g aming ▁and ▁bad ▁company . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁possibility ▁that ▁Fa unt ler oy ▁may ▁have ▁for ged ▁powers ▁of ▁att orney , ▁only ▁in ▁order ▁that ▁his ▁fate ▁might ▁turn ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁the ▁public ▁to ▁the ▁defect s ▁of ▁the ▁pen al ▁law . ▁These ▁things , ▁we ▁say , ▁are ▁possible . ▁But ▁they ▁are ▁so ▁extra v ag antly ▁impro b able ▁that ▁a ▁man ▁who ▁should ▁act ▁on ▁such ▁supp os itions ▁would ▁be ▁fit ▁only ▁for ▁Saint ▁Luke ’ s ▁[ a ▁mental ▁as yl um ] ." ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁other ▁literary ▁connections ▁for ▁Th urt ell . ▁ ▁Among ▁his ▁acquaint ances ▁were ▁the ▁ess ay ist ▁William ▁Haz l itt ▁( who ▁talked ▁of ▁him ▁as ▁" Tom ▁T urt le " ▁in ▁the