ir left Seaham for Halnaby, another seat
of Sir Ralph Milbanke, in the same county. When about to depart, Lord
Byron said to the bride, "Miss Milbanke, are you ready?"--a mistake
which the lady's confidential attendant pronounced to be a "bad omen."

It is right to add, that I quote these slight details from memory, and
am alone answerable for any inaccuracy there may be found in them.

[Footnote 62: The Dream.]

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LETTER 208. TO MR. MURRAY.

"Kirkby, January 6. 1815.

"The marriage took place on the 2d instant: so pray make haste and
congratulate away.

"Thanks for the Edinburgh Review and the abolition of the print.
Let the next be from the _other_ of Phillips--I mean (_not_ the
Albanian, but) the original one in the exhibition; the last was
from the copy. I should wish my sister and Lady Byron to decide
upon the next, as they found fault with the last. _I_ have no
opinion of my own upon the subject.

"Mr. Kinnaird will, I dare say, have the goodness to furnish copies
of the Melodies[63], if you state my wish upon the subject. You may
have them, if you think them worth inserting. The volumes in their
collected state must be inscribed to Mr. Hobhouse, but I have not
yet mustered the expressions of my inscription; but will supply
them in time.

With many thanks for your good wishes, which have all been
realised, I remain, very truly, yours,

"BYRON."

[Footnote 63: The Hebrew Melodies which he had employed himself in
writing, during his recent stay in London.]

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LETTER 209. TO MR. MOORE.

"Halnaby, Darlington, January 10, 1815.

"I was married this day week. The parson has pronounced it--Perry
has announced it--and the Morning Post, also, under the head of
'Lord Byron's Marriage'--as if it were a fabrication, or the
puff-direct of a new stay-maker.

"Now for thine affairs. I have redde thee upon the Fathers, and it
is excellent well. Positively, you must not leave off reviewing.
You shine in it--you kill in it; and this article has been taken
for Sydney Smith's (as I heard in town), which proves not only your
proficiency in parsonology, but that you have all the airs of a
veteran critic at your first onset. So, prithee, go on and prosper.

"Scott's 'Lord of the Isles' is