Thus it was that the Godwins of The Polygon, Somers Town, became the Godwins of Skinner Street. There is room for two opinions respecting the policy of the enterprise, that made Godwin for the remainder of his working days a struggling tradesman; whilst with failing powers he persisted in literary toil. But much may be said against the view taken by the partisans who, never finding aught to commend in anything for which Mrs. Godwin was accountable, maintain it was an evil day for the man of letters when he was persuaded by his meddlesome wife to go into ‘the trade.’ Burdened with a wife and five children, Godwin’s only prospect, towards the close of his time at Somers Town, was one of incessant labour and anxiety about money. Had he kept out of business, he would, perhaps, have needed the help of his friends in a greater degree. On the whole, I am disposed to think that, whilst his difficulties were somewhat lighter, his means of supporting his family were somewhat greater, than they would have been had he remained in The Polygon, and kept clear of the commercial side of literature. Sending his boys to good schools, he gave his girls the usual training, together with some of the accomplishments and pleasures, of young gentlewomen. In some respects it might have been cheerier without being in any way costlier or more luxurious; but the house in Skinner Street was a fairly happy home for the five young people who, one and all, called Godwin ‘papa’ and Mrs. Godwin ‘mamma.’ CHAPTER IV. THE IRISH CAMPAIGN, AND THE STAY AT NANTGWILLT. Opium and Hallucination at Keswick--Migration to Ireland--Shelley’s Letters to Miss Hitchener--Curran’s Coldness to the Adventurer--Publication of the _Address to the Irish People_--Measures for putting the Pamphlet in Circulation--Harriett’s Amusement--Shelley’s Seriousness--Shelley’s other Irish Tract--Public Meeting in the Fishamble Street Theatre--Shelley’s Speech to the Sixth Resolution--Various Accounts of the Speech--Mr. MacCarthy’s bad Manners--Honest Jack Lawless--His Project for a History of Ireland--His Way of handling Shelley--William Godwin’s Alarm--Shelley’s Submission--His Intercourse with Curran--His Withdrawal from Ireland--Seizure of his Papers at the Holyhead Custom-House--Harriett’s Letter to Portia--The Shelleys in Wales--Miss Hitchener’s ‘Divine Suggestion’--Harriett and Eliza don’t think it ‘Divine’--Shelley at Nantgwillt--His Scheme for turning Farmer--His comprehensive Invitation to the Godwins--His sudden Departure from Nantgwillt--Cause of the Departure--Mr. MacCarthy again at Fault.