"It is, however, a good warning not to risk or write tragedies. I never had much bent that way; but if I had, this would have cured me.
"Ever, carissime Thom.,
"Thine, B."
LETTER 221. TO MR. MURRAY.
"May 21. 1815.
"You must have thought it very odd, not to say ungrateful, that I made no mention of the drawings[80], &c. when I had the pleasure of seeing you this morning. The fact is, that till this moment I had not seen them, nor heard of their arrival: they were carried up into the library, where I have not been till just now, and no intimation given to me of their coming. The present is so very magnificent, that—in short, I leave Lady Byron to thank you for it herself, and merely send this to apologise for a piece of apparent and unintentional neglect on my own part. Yours," &c.
LETTER 222. TO MR. MOORE.[81]