Subsequently she went to London to make more particular inquiries into his state.

This fragment seems part of a letter from Lady Byron, called forth in view of some evidence resulting from her mother's observations.

{192} Lady Byron now adds,-- 'Being convinced by the result of these inquiries, and by the tenour of Lord Byron's proceedings, that the notion of insanity was an illusion, I no longer hesitated to authorize such measures as were necessary in order to secure me from ever being again placed in his power.
'Conformably with this resolution, my father wrote to him, on the 2nd of February, to request an amicable separation.' The following letter to Mrs.Leigh is dated the day after this application, and is in many respects a noticeable one:-- 'KIRKBY MALLORY, Feb.

3, 1816.
'MY DEAREST AUGUSTA,--You are desired by your brother to ask if my father has acted with my concurrence in proposing a separation.

He has.