“I am too proud of being your friend to care with whom I am
linked in your estimation, and, God knows, I want friends more at this time than at any
other. I am ‘taking care of myself’ to no great purpose. If you knew my
situation in every point of view, you would excuse apparent and unintentional neglect.
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I shall leave town, I
think; but do not you leave it without seeing me.
| A. D. 1812. | LIFE OF LORD BYRON. | 357 |
