"May 21. 1815.
"You must have thought it very odd, not to say ungrateful, that I
made no mention of the drawings[80], &c. when I had the pleasure of
seeing you this morning. The fact is, that till this moment I had
not seen them, nor heard of their arrival: they were carried up
into the library, where I have not been till just now, and no
intimation given to me of their coming. The present is so very
magnificent, that--in short, I leave Lady Byron to thank you for it
herself, and merely send this to apologise for a piece of apparent
and unintentional neglect on my own part. Yours," &c.
[Footnote 80: Mr. Murray had presented Lady Byron with twelve drawings,
by Stothard, from Lord Byron's Poems.]
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