John Kenyon: see the last letter.

[97]

In The New Spirit of the Age.

[98]

Evidently a reference to the name of some wine (perhaps Montepulciano) sent her by Mr. Boyd. See the end of the letter.

[99]

It will be observed that this is not quite the same as the current legend, which asserts that the whole poem (of 412 lines) was composed in twelve hours.