I was very ill when I had the honour of receiving your letter. The symptoms of my illness were so violent, that they totally prevented my perusing, much more answering it; and the weakness occasioned by my malady was so extreme, the relapses so frequent, that I have been, until now, totally unable to write. To you, fortunately, these circumstances, Sir, must prove indifferent, since I have it not in my power to tell you much respecting Lord Byron’s last moments, as far as your
* Since the above letter went to the press, I received the following intelligence:—“You have heard, I presume, of Dr. Bruno’s complete conversion. This he told me was effected in Switzerland. I have been informed by a relation of Lord C.’s, that he died at Napoli two years ago.” The writer adds, “I hope Moore will redeem Bruno’s character from a charge of mismanagement of Lord Byron’s case. I can prove from Bruno’s own letters, that he did everything, and suggested everything a good and able physician could have suggested,—but he was over-ruled by ignorance and obstinacy.”—1830. |
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