“You must have thought it very odd, not to say ungrateful, that I made no mention of the drawings*, &c. when I had the pleasure of seeing you this morning. The fact is, that till this moment I had not seen them, nor heard of their arrival: they were carried up into the library, where I have not been till just now, and no intimation given to me of their coming. The present is so very magnificent, that—in short,
* Mr. Murray had presented Lady Byron with twelve drawings, by Stothard, from Lord Byron’s Poems. |
| A. D. 1815. | LIFE OF LORD BYRON. | 621 |
