The fatal Marriage--Was Shelley trapt into it?--Mr. Garnett's Assurances--The Fiction about Claire--Lady Shelley's Use of Hogg's Evidences--The Prenuptial Intercourse--Was it slight?--Shelley's Opportunities for knowing all about Harriett--His Use and Abuse of those Opportunities--Mr. Westbrook's Action towards Shelley--His Endeavour to preserve Harriett from Shelley--Eliza Westbrook's part in making up the Match--The Tool's Reward--The Etonian Free Lover--The Social Condition of the Westbrooks and Godwins--Harriett Westbrook's Beauty--Her Education--Her Knowledge of French-- Her quick Progress in Latin--What Wonder that Shelley fell in love with her? CHAPTER XVI. EDINBURGH, YORK, AND KESWICK 338 The Scotch Marriage--The Trio at Edinburgh--'Wha's the Deil?'--Posting from Edinburgh to York--Dingy Lodgings and Dingy Milliners--Shelley's run South--Did Harriett accompany him?--The Squire stops the Supplies--The Earl's Description of Harriett Westbrook--The Squire's Anger at the _Mésalliance_--The Course Shelley could not take--Eliza Westbrook in Possession--The Ouse at full Flood--One too many--Designs on Greystoke Castle--Shelley's Appeal to the Duke of Norfolk--The Codicil to Sir Bysshe's Will--The Flight to Richmond--Miss Westbrook strikes her Enemy--The Trio at Keswick--Shelley's affectionate Letters from Keswick to Hogg at York--John Westbrook's Daughters at Greystoke Castle-- Ducal Benignity and Policy--The Calverts of Greta Bank-- Shelley's Means during his first Marriage--How to live on Three Hundred a-year--How not to live on Four Hundred a-year. CHAPTER XVII. GRETA BANK 380 Shelley wishes for a Sussex Cottage--His Friends at Keswick-- Southey at Home--Poet and Schoolmaster--Southey's Way of handling Shelley--Shelley caught Napping--Mrs. Southey's Tea-cakes--Eggs and Bacon on Hounslow Heath--At Home with the Calverts--Shelley's remarkable Communications to Southey--His Story of Harriett's Expulsion from School--The Story to Hogg's Infamy--Mr. MacCarthy on the _Posthumous Fragments_-- Miss Westbrook's transient Contentment--Shelley's _For Ever_ and _Never_--His Interest in Ireland--Burning Questions-- Southey and Shelley at War--The _Address to the Irish People_--Letters to Skinner Street--Godwin tickled by them-- Shelleyan Conceptions and Misconceptions--Shelley forgets all about Dr. Lind--Preparations for the Irish Campaign--Letter of Introduction to Curran--Project for a happy Meeting in Wales--Miss Eliza Hitchener--Bright Angel and Brown Demon-- Shelley's Delight in her--His Abhorrence of her. CHAPTER XVIII. SHELLEY'S QUARREL WITH HOGG 407