35/38 From the quantity of copy I have seen,--and others were more in the way of falling in with it than myself,--I surmise that at least half a dozen copies were made, and of these _five_ are now in existence. Some particular parts, such as the marriage and separation, were copied separately; but I think there cannot be less than five full copies yet to be found.' This was written _after the original autobiography was burned_. How widely, fully, and thoroughly, thus, by this secret process, was society saturated with Byron's own versions of the story that related to himself and wife! Against her there was only the complaint of an absolute silence. |