“Although strongly persuaded that the story
must be either an entire fabrication, or so gross an exaggeration as to be
nearly so; yet in order to be able to discover the truth beyond all doubt, and
to set your mind quite at rest, I have taken the determination to go myself to
Lucca this morning. Should it prove less false than I am
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“P.S.—To prevent bavardage, I prefer going in person to sending my servant with a letter. It is better for you to mention nothing (except of course to Shelley) of my excursion. The person I visit there is one on whom I can have every dependence in every way, both as to authority and truth.”
