The result is that they have laid it before the rest of the Committee; they, or rather Lord Byron, feels it his duty to the author to offer it himself to the managers of Covent Garden.

The poor fellow says in his letter that his hope of subsistence for his family for the next year rests upon what he can get for this play.

I expressed a desire of doing something, and Lord Byron then confessed that he had sent him fifty guineas.

I shall write to him tomorrow, and I think if you could draw some case for him and exhibit his merits, particularly if his play succeeds, I could induce Croker and Peel to interest themselves in his behalf, and get him a living.
"....

Have you any fancy to dash off an article on 'Emma'?
It wants incident and romance, does it not?
None of the author's other novels have been noticed, and surely 'Pride and Prejudice' merits high commendation." Scott immediately complied with Murray's request.