I have told him--which I suppose you will think fair--that he should give me all additions that you may from time to time make--and in case of survivorship edit the whole--and I will leave it as an heirloom to my son.
I have written to accede to Mr.Moore's proposal.

I remain, dear Lord Byron, Your grateful and faithful Servant, JOHN MURRAY.
Mr.Moore accepted the proposal, and then proceeded to draw upon Mr.
Murray for part of the money.

It may be added that the agreement between Murray and Moore gave the former the right of publishing the Memoirs three months after his Lordship's death.

When that event was authenticated, the manuscript remained at Mr.Murray's absolute disposal if Moore had not previously redeemed it by the repayment of the 2,000 guineas.
During the period that Mr.Moore had been in negotiation with the Longmans and Murray respecting the purchase of the Memoirs, he had given "Lady Holland the MS.

to read." Lord John Russell also states, in his "Memoirs of Moore," that he had read "the greater part, if not the whole," and that he should say that some of it was too gross for publication.