), took him, as soon as he could, into his service, and was careful, as he promises, to provide that he should not be "abandoned in his old age." His affection for Murray is marked by the postscript to the
to Mrs. Byron of June 22, 1809 (see also
Life
, pp. 74, 121); as also by his draft will of 1811, in which he leaves Murray £50 a year for life.
[cross-reference: return to Footnote 1 of Letter 83]