Whatever might have been the nature of Lord Byron's conduct towards me from the time of my marriage, yet, supposing him to be in a state of mental alienation, it was not for me, nor for any person of common humanity, to manifest at that moment a sense of injury.

On the day of my departure, and again on my arrival at Kirkby (Jan.

16), I wrote to Lord Byron in a kind and cheerful tone, according to those medical directions.
'The last letter was circulated, and employed as a pretext for the charge of my having been subsequently influenced to "desert" {72} my husband.

It has been argued that I parted from Lord Byron in perfect harmony; that feelings incompatible with any deep sense of injury had dictated the letter which I addressed to him; and that my sentiments must have been changed by persuasion and interference when I was under the roof of my parents.

These assertions and inferences are wholly destitute of foundation.