Poems
, vol. i. pp. 41-43.) The private theatricals in September, 1806 (see p. 117,
3), were held at Mr. Leacroft's house. Later, Captain Leacroft expostulated with Byron on his attentions to his sister, and, according to Moore, threatened to call him out. Byron was ready to meet him; but afterwards, on consulting Becher, resolved never to go near the house again. —
Prose and Verse of Thomas Moore
, edited by Richard Herne Shepherd (London, 1878), p. 420. (But see Letters
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