CHAPTER XIV. THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1811 292

Arrival in Town--The Poland-Street Exiles--The Squire's

Correspondence with Hogg's Father--His gentle Treatment of

Shelley--Dinner at Miller's Hotel--Hogg's Testimony to the

Squire's Worth--Shelley's Nicknames for his Father--Shelley

rejects his Father's Terms--Shelley offers Terms to his

Father--The Squire's Indignation--He Relents--He makes

Shelley a Liberal Allowance--Lady Shelley's

Misrepresentations--The Exiles about Town--The Separation of

'The Inseparables'--Shelley's Intimacy with the Westbrooks

Shelley's Intimacy with the Westbrooks--John Westbrook's

Calling and Character--Taking the Sacrament--Harriett

Westbrook's Conversion to Atheism--Her Disgrace at School--

Shelley's Measures for illuminating his Sister Hellen--

Tourists in Wales--The Change in Elizabeth Shelley--

Arrangements for a Clandestine Meeting--Mrs. Shelley's

Treatment of her Son--Captain Pilford's Kindness to his

Nephew--Harriett Westbrook's Appeal to Shelley--Her Decision

and Indecision--From Wales to London--Hogg's Influence--The

Elopement to Scotland--Hogg starts for Edinburgh.

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