The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume 2 (of 2)

Photogravure by Annan & Swan E. J. TRELAWNY. From a portrait after Severn. in the possession of Sir Percy F. Shelley, Bart. London. Richard Bentley & Son: 1889.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
BY Mrs. JULIAN MARSHALL
WITH PORTRAITS AND FACSIMILE
IN TWO VOLUMES
Vol. II
LONDON RICHARD BENTLEY & SON Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen 1889


THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY
July-September 1822
They set off at once, death in their hearts, yet clinging outwardly to any semblance of a hope. They crossed to Lerici, they posted to Pisa; they went first to Casa Lanfranchi. Byron was there; he could tell them nothing. It was midnight, but to rest or wait was impossible; they posted on to Leghorn. They went about inquiring for Trelawny or Roberts. Not finding the right inn they were forced to wait till next morning before prosecuting their search. They found Roberts; he only knew the Ariel had sailed on Monday; there had been a storm, and no more had been heard of her. Still they did not utterly despair. Contrary winds might have driven the boat to Corsica or elsewhere, and information was perhaps withheld.