The Bludgeoning of the Suitor

Elizabeth Mallorey is deeply in love with her betrothed, but he is unfortunately . . . bludgeoned. A fourteen-verse poem, with twenty-four illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne, a.k.a. Phiz, who illustrated many novels of Charles Dickens (although all the illustrations here are from other works).Link to Amazon Kindle listing: Elizabeth and the young man in better days:

Could Elizabeth’s father be implicated?