Mr. Eton’s Cottage near Tintern Abbey--Shelley’s Reason for not taking the Cottage--His Letter to Mr. Eton--Godwin’s expostulatory Epistle--His Grounds for thinking Shelley prodigal--Reasonableness of Godwin’s Admonitions--Hogg and MacCarthy at fault--Shelley’s Letters from Lynton to Godwin-- Miss Hitchener at Lynton--Porcia _alias_ Portia--_Letter_ to Lord Ellenborough--Printed at Barnstaple--Mr. Chanter’s _Sketches of the Literary History of Barnstaple_--Fifty Copies of the _Letter_ sent to London--Shelley’s Measures for the political Enlightenment of North Devon Peasants--His Irish Servant, Daniel Hill--Commotion at Barnstaple--Daniel Hill’s Arrest and Imprisonment--Mr. Syle’s Alarm--Shelley’s humiliating and perilous Position--His Flight from North Devon to Wales--William Godwin’s Trip from London to Lynton--His Surprise and Disappointment--His ‘Good News’ of the Fugitives. CHAPTER VI. NORTH WALES AND THE SECOND IRISH TRIP 120 William A. Madocks--The Tremadoc Embankment--Shelley’s Zeal for the People of Tremadoc--His big Subscription to the Embankment Fund--Tanyrallt Lodge--Shelley in London--Sussex Selfishness--The Reconciliation with Hogg--Miss Hitchener in Disgrace--She is banished from ‘Percy’s Little Circle’--Brown Demon and Hermaphroditical Beast--Shelley in Skinner Street-- Claire and Mary--Fanny Imlay’s Intercourse with Shelley--The Worth and Worthlessness of Claire’s Evidence-- Shelley’s Prodigality--Back at Tanyrallt--At Work on _Queen Mab_--At War with Neighbours--Embankment Annoyances--Livelier Delight in Harriett--Wheedling Letter to the Duke of Norfolk--Diet and Dyspepsia--The Hunts in Trouble--Shelley’s Contribution for their Relief--The odious Leeson--Daniel Hill’s Liberation from Prison--His Arrival at Tanyrallt Lodge--The Tanyrallt Mystery--Shelley’s marvellous and conflicting Stories-- Exhibition of the Evidence--Inquisition and Verdict-- Shelley’s ignominious Position--His virtuous Indignation at the World’s Villany--His undiminished Concern for Liberty and Virtue--His Withdrawal from Wales to Ireland--He hastens from Dublin to Killarney--Hogg in Dublin--The Shelleys back in London. CHAPTER VII. LONDON AND BRACKNELL 164