27/31 I am, in haste and not very well, 'Yours most affectionately, 'A. I.BYRON.' The last of this series of letters is less like the style of Lady Byron than any of them. We cannot judge whether it is a whole consecutive letter, or fragments from a letter, selected and united. There is a great want of that clearness and precision which usually characterised Lady Byron's style. It shows, however, that the decision is made,--a decision which she regrets on account of the sister who has tried so long to prevent it. |