She followed him, however, from place to place; and without intruding herself upon his notice, found some consolation in remaining near him.

Now she arrived at Naples; and at Naples she died.

The web of Shelley's life was a wide one, and included more destinies than his own.
Godwin, as we have reason to believe, attributed the suicide of Fanny Imlay to her hopeless love for Shelley; and the tale of Harriet has already been told.

Therefore there is nothing absolutely improbable in Medwin's story, especially when we remember what Hogg half-humorously tells us about Shelley's attraction for women in London.

At any rate, the excessive wretchedness of the lyrics written at Naples can hardly be accounted for by the "constant and poignant physical sufferings" of which Mrs.Shelley speaks, since these were habitual with him.