was at Newstead. If it be, pray transfer it to Aston. It is my hope to see you so shortly, tomorrow or next day, that I will not now trouble you with my speculations.

Ever yours very faithfully,

Byron

.

P.S.—I don't know how I came to sign myself with the "i." It is the old spelling, and I sometimes slip into it. When I say I can't

dine

with you, I mean that sometimes I don't dine at all. Of course, when I do, I conform to all hours and domestic arrangements.


[Footnote 1:]

"Jack's graven image" means the portrait of John Jackson the pugilist.