“I feel rather hurt (not savagely) at the speech you made to
me last night, and my hope is, that it was only one of your profane jests. I should be very sorry that any part of my behaviour should give
you cause to suppose that I think higher of myself, or otherwise of you, than I have
always done. I can assure you that I am as much the humblest of your servants as at
Trin. Coll.; and if I have not been at home when
| A. D. 1812. | LIFE OF LORD BYRON. | 353 |
