now
declared yourself
satisfied
, and on that point we are no longer at issue. If, therefore, you still retain any wish to do me the honour you hinted at, I shall be most happy to meet you, when, where, and how you please, and I presume you will not attribute my saying thus much to any unworthy motive.
I have the honour to remain, etc.
"Piqued," says Moore (Life, 144), "at the manner in which my efforts towards a more friendly understanding were received,"
he had briefly expressed his satisfaction at Byron's explanation, and added that the correspondence might close.