51.] Yet Moore grievously wanted money, and this opportunity presented itself to him with irresistible force as a means of adding to his resources.

At length he became reconciled to Mr.Murray through the intercession of Mr.Hobhouse.Moore informed the Longmans of the reconciliation, and, in a liberal and considerate manner, they said to him, "Do not let us stand in the way of any arrangements you may make; it is our wish to see you free from debt; and it would be only in this one work that we should be separated." It was in this way that Mr.Moore undertook to write for Mr.
Murray the Life of Lord Byron.

Mr.Murray agreed to repay Moore the 2,000 guineas he had given for the burned Memoirs and L2,000 extra for editing the letters and writing the Life, and Moore in his diary says that he considered this offer perfectly liberal.

Nothing, he adds, could be more frank, gentleman-like, and satisfactory than the manner in which this affair had been settled on all sides..