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"I do not loose a moment to inform you of my return to England ...."

"No written agreement exists between the owner of the horse in question & myself ...."

Ridgway has redirected this letter to Hobhouse, who is now in the militia. [PSC]

"I am very happy to hear that you have been so well amused in Greece; and your plans for the future are so promising that I have no doubt your amusement will be progressive."

"I have written my negative to your proposal on the subject of Newstead, by my servant Fletcher, which I presume is delivered by this time, and I write now for the purpose of repeating it. – will not sell Newstead, come what may! – – –"

Fletcher’s description of his suffering while trying to locate the money which Byron thinks Hanson must have sent, and which he needs for further travel, makes painful reading. {PSC]

"Pray whisper in Hanson’s ear the word remittance, as I shall soon be run out if you dont urge that worthy but snail paced man."

"Being enabled by a firman from the Porte to proceed to Jerusalem & Ægypt, I shall visit the Pyramids & Palestine before I return."

"As I have just received a firman enabling {me} to proceed to Ægypt & Syria, I shall not return to England before I have visited Jerusalem & Grand Cairo."

The Bey of Corinth apologizes to Byron for the poor reception Byron received in Corinth during the Bey's absence.