III. A SCHOOLBOY'S LOVE AFFAIRS--MARY DUFF, MARGARET PARKER, AND MARY CHAWORTH 23 IV. LIFE AT CAMBRIDGE AND FLIRTATIONS AT SOUTHWELL 35 V. REVELRY AT NEWSTEAD--"ENGLISH BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS" 50 VI. THE GRAND TOUR--FLIRTATIONS IN SPAIN 63 VII. FLORENCE SPENCER SMITH 75 VIII. THE MAID OF ATHENS--MRS. WERRY--MRS. PEDLEY--THE SWIMMING OF THE HELLESPONT 87 IX. RETURN TO ENGLAND--PUBLICATION OF "CHILDE HAROLD" 101 X. THE SECRET ORCHARD 114 XI. LADY CAROLINE LAMB 127 XII. THE QUARREL WITH LADY CAROLINE--HER CHARACTER AND SUBSEQUENT CAREER 138 XIII. LADY OXFORD--BYRON'S INTENTION OF GOING ABROAD WITH HER 148 XIV. AN EMOTIONAL CRISIS--THOUGHTS OF MARRIAGE, OF FOREIGN TRAVEL, AND OF MARY CHAWORTH 158 XV. RENEWAL AND INTERRUPTION OF RELATIONS WITH MARY CHAWORTH 170 XVI. MARRIAGE 182 XVII. INCOMPATIBILITY OF TEMPER 194 XVIII. LADY BYRON'S DEMAND FOR A SEPARATION--RUMOURS THAT "GROSS CHARGES" MIGHT BE BROUGHT, INVOLVING MRS. LEIGH 208 XIX. "GROSS CHARGES" DISAVOWED BY LADY BYRON--SEPARATION AGREED TO 221 XX. REVIVAL OF THE BYRON SCANDAL BY MRS. BEECHER STOWE AND THE LATE LORD LOVELACE 231 XXI. INHERENT IMPROBABILITY OF THE CHARGES AGAINST AUGUSTA LEIGH--THE ALLEGATION THAT SHE "CONFESSED"--THE PROOF THAT SHE DID NOTHING OF THE KIND 240 XXII. BYRON'S DEPARTURE FOR THE CONTINENT--HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH JANE CLAIRMONT 253 XXIII. LIFE AT GENEVA--THE AFFAIR WITH JANE CLAIRMONT 264 XXIV. FROM GENEVA TO VENICE--THE AFFAIR WITH THE DRAPER'S WIFE 277 XXV. AT VENICE--THE AFFAIR WITH THE BAKER'S WIFE--DISSOLUTE PROCEEDINGS IN THE MOCENIGO PALACE--ILLNESS, RECOVERY AND REFORMATION 287 XXVI. IN THE VENETIAN SALONS--INTRODUCTION TO COUNTESS GUICCIOLI 300 XXVII. BYRON'S RELATIONS WITH THE COUNTESS GUICCIOLI AND HER HUSBAND AT RAVENNA 312 XXVIII. REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES--REMOVAL FROM RAVENNA TO PISA 324 XXIX. THE TRIVIAL ROUND AT PISA 336 XXX. FROM PISA TO GENOA 345