The Williamses--Shelley at Ravenna--The Shelley-Claire Scandal--Shelley’s startling Letter to Mrs. Shelley-- Examination of the Letter--Its wild Inaccuracies--Mrs. Shelley’s vindicatory Letter to Mrs. Hoppner--Demonstration that Byron was authorized by Shelley to withhold the Letter--Explanation of the Shelley-Claire Scandal--Shelley’s Visit to Allegra at Bagna-Cavallo--Project for starting the _Liberal_--Leigh Hunt invited to edit the _Liberal_-- Shelley’s Change of Plans--His Pretexts and Reasons for changing them--Leigh Hunt’s Way of dealing with his Friends--His Concealment of his financial Position--Byron at Pisa--Hunt’s Misadventures on his Outward Voyage--Byron’s Discouragement in respect to the _Liberal_--Differences between Byron and Shelley--Shelley’s Position between Byron and Hunt--The Byron-Shelley ‘Set’ at Pisa--Shelley and Hunt in secret League against Byron--Shelley’s Change of Feeling towards Byron--Was Byron aware of the Change? CHAPTER XVI. CLOSING SCENES 423 Shelley’s Attachment to Jane Williams--Her Womanly Goodness-- Her Devotion to her Husband--_The Serpent is shut out from Paradise_--_Essay on the Devil_--Shelley’s Happiness and Discord with Mary--Her Remorseful Verses--Trials of her Married Life--_Essay on Christianity_--San Terenzo and Lerici--The Casa Magni--Mary’s Illness and Melancholy at San Terenzo--Arrival of the ‘Don Juan’--Mutual Affection of Mrs. Shelley and Mrs. Williams--Shelley’s latest Visions and Hallucinations--Leigh Hunt’s Arrival in Italy--Shelley sails for Leghorn--Meeting of Shelley and Hunt--Improvement in Shelley’s Health--His Mediation between Hunt and Byron--The Hunts in the Palazzo Lanfranchi--Lady Shelley’s Account of the Difficulties between Byron and Shelley--Shelley’s Contentment with his Arrangements for the Hunts--He sets Sail for Lerici--The Fatal Storm--Cremation on the Sea-shore--Grave at Rome. CHAPTER XVII. SHELLEY’S WIDOW AND HER SISTER-BY-AFFINITY 453 The Widow in Italy--Her Return to England--Sojourn in the Strand--Life at Kentish Town--Residence at Harrow--She is forbidden to write her Husband’s ‘Life’--‘Moonshine’ and ‘Celestial Mate’--Her closing Years--Claire in her Later Time--Trelawny’s inaccurate Talk about Shelley’s Will-- Claire’s Double Legacy--She becomes a Catholic--Dies in the Catholic Faith. CHAPTER XVIII. LAST WORDS 458