The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-08-31 00:00:00

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THE 11YRTERY OF lARD AND LADY
BYRON% SFr ARATION.
"tinder lie name of " iii Tine Story of Lady
Bo on's Life," lira, Stowe bar emstributed an apnelling
parser to the new member of Maratillan's Alayozirte.
eiromadanees of Byron's estrangement from hie
wife f,,s litherlo Ivor surrounded with a painful
rey-t ry ; let the new story is inurh more painfol than
ony snystery could he. lily Byron Irerself told the
story to Mrs. Stowe, whom she chose for troufidont a.
ing • . fore Igor r, nd " Lin ely out of the 'bole sphere
of toil onal nini local (relines which might l suppood
to iothrence those in the country end station in lole
store the event. really happened." Lady liras re-
counted the history givin lit the article. and " gave to
ti,,. writer • piper euntaining • brief moor rendre= of
the wl 0:.., with the dates And Mrs. Stowe
1,. prim. ii it now, because the Countess I:dr:troll's
hk
Is supposed to bare tiojustly prejudiced the publie
a,.. .1 agog st Lady Byron.
Tr ti.t of this truly harribb story is very brief.
lard Boos ow Man billhook., fell in Inf, with her, and
or le bran offer of marriage which she declined. They
aditinned Sr • ads. But " from the height which might
have made him Leppy sie the hesitated of a noble woman
ho f. II into t he depths of a octet adulterous intriene
with a blomi relation, so near in consanguinity that
id.covert roust bare been otter ruin and expulsion from
• . ciety." Thin /Ira. Stowe described the err.
funiotonc. • under which be eventually watered bliss
Milbank.. —lns behaviour on the very road Item church
—rind tlor "hour of revelation—when, in • manner
whit, left no room for doubt, Lady Byron saw the fell
depth of the able. of Weeny which her marriage was
• ale c'ed to cover, and understood she was expected to
Le the el.rak and the accomplice of this iefamy." That
else rea,led this odious connorion, and because in tense.
rpro.oe n *total to Ler husband as the iospersonation cf
eunneienew, may both well 1.. believed. lard Byron
r, waver to be rid of her. Their only child was born,
and trim with every circumstance of cruelty she was
driven from him (no the day of her departure she
passed lig the door of his TOON, and stopped to carers
hi. foomrite spaniel which was lying there ; end she
genie,. Ito a friend the weeknoss of feeling • willing.
neo. ram to be something as humble as Om, poor little
erentuy , might she only he allowed to remain end watch
ov, r loin. tihe went into the room where he sod the
pirtn•r of hie sine were sitting teg4her, and said.
• 1ip..., I come to my good-bye.' offeriog at the mule
time her hotel. Lord throe put his lands behind hiss,
reit-ion-A to the mantelpiece, and, loolsing round on the
tbs.... 'hot stood then, with • satc•atic wide said,
When shall we three meet again r Lady Byron
insert nl 'ln heaven, I trust.' And they were Ler
loot words to him On earth."
Then roeW y, though far from su•pezting the truth,
rose mg:insist Byron, and he tied to terror, lost the ft sgi.t-
NI secret should be discloeed. lira Snort broke tie ,
hui7i•l intrigue, and he orate Manfred. Anybody. r
2..5. MI "who reads the trrgedv of Maafr.
'nil, tuts very in his mind will cor that iii. true."
tooly Byron to the last tended fondly not only tier
Ad., but the offspring of Bd. Inderso• intrigue. E
the partner of her husband's guilt afterwards ,
!writ need her gracious and loving induences, and
el deo, h-bed looked to her fur help and oonsolation. , ita
Ityroor himself she had unshaken faith through • all.
" How could you lose him r some eue asked,
dear," she said "there wern an angel in him." ome day
she won rue the angel would ormoluer. She_ ',sada
allots al.oo for his deletes of coustitution and
and o.peciolly fur, his gloomy C•IViDIALIO
anti oat no doubt oh his repentance and re. miqrt