It must have been about this time, then, that she laid her whole case before Lushington; and he gave it a thorough examination.
The result was, that Lushington expressed in the most decided terms his conviction that reconciliation was impossible.

The language be uses is very striking:-- 'When you came to town in about a fortnight, or perhaps more, after my first interview with Lady Noel, I was, for the first time, informed by you of facts utterly unknown, as I have no doubt, to Sir Ralph and Lady Noel.

On receiving this additional information, my opinion was entirely changed.

I considered a reconciliation impossible.

I declared my opinion, and added, that, if such an idea should be entertained, I could not, either professionally or otherwise, take any part towards effecting it.' It does not appear in this note what effect the lawyer's examination of the case had on Lady Byron's mind.