I hope we shall meet in town. I will wait on you the moment I arrive.
My best respects to your family; believe me, Ever yours sincerely,
BYRON.
[Footnote 1: Byron was prepared to make some sacrifices to extricate
himself from debt, or go abroad. The following letter to Hanson is dated
December 10, 1812:
"DEAR SIR,--I have to request that you will pay the bearer (my Groom)
the wages due to him (12 pds. 10s.), and dismiss him immediately, as I
have given up my horses, and place the sum to my account.
"Ever yours,
"BYRON."
Four days later, December 14, 1812, he writes again to Hanson:
"DEAR SIR,--I request your attention to the enclosed. See what can be
done with Howard, and urge Claughton. If this kind of thing continues,
I must quit a country which my debts render uninhabitable,
notwithstanding every sacrifice on my part.
"Yours ever,
"B."]
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271.--To John Hanson.
Presteign, Novr. 16th, 1812.
DEAR SIR,--The floods having rendered the road impassable, I am detained
here, but trust by the latter end of the week to proceed to Cheltenham,
where I shall expect a letter from you to tell me if I am wanted in
town.
I shall not be in time for the Prince's address; but I wish you to write
down for my _Parliamentary_ robes (Mrs. Chaworth had them, at least Mrs.
Clarke the mother); though I rather think those were the Coronation and
not the House robes.
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