The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-25


The death of this daughter on April
30, 1913 from typhoid fever, forms,
says says Miss Dewey, another an tragic epi
is fully explained by two letters at the end of
the volume, enc from Miss Katherine blanche
ian eye-witnessl the other from the Baroness de
Ritter, in whose charge Miss Lytton had been
placed Miss Lytton died at a small lodging
house. No q Pelham place, Brompton, and not,
1t appears at Knebworth, as stated in the daily
papers. On July u, 1928, he writes that he is
vastly troubled by four circumstances-first of
ALL about ''de puppy pedigree;" secondly. about
de barley, which he hopes is certain; thirdly,
about raising de money which we can do!
fourthly-and worse than all put together-that
ID Cclburn This publisher) And so the letters
go on day after day full of embarrassing gossip
about his books his dinners. his chances of be
ing Hi{o mace 6nco a. B dIo presents to his
favor, which is, that whenever 90 is
vexed with me, will not go out from
me to our child Do not say, this is kinder to
me, or this loves me better than he does do not ct
a being, however dear it necessarily will. and
ought 10 be to you, but which is only just come
into the world in which | for thres years have
known and loved you do not let it be as dear o
you as one who has given and will give you
proofs of affection. which that cannot for many
years equal and which it can never excel. That
a creature hitherto without sense knowledge,
feeling, attachment should at once become dear
er to You than ! am, | do not and will not be-
heve. If it were the case. one of us would in
deed be utterly unworthy of the other.
Mr. and Mrs. Bulwer left Woodcot. where
they had lived since their marriage in April
1929, for Turnbridge Wells. The first of his let
ters from London is dated May IA, and
they continue to the Both of that month,
when Mrs Bulwer returned to Woodcot,
and subsequently, removed to London A
son Edward Robert) was born on Nov. 8, 1881
They left England in the autumn Of 1888, and
arrived at Naples on the 18th of November that
same year. The diary fixes 18th January. 1894,
dinner at Lord Hertfords taken by Lady Cul
lum," which agrees with dates given in the depo-
sition of Rosetta Benson, ladys maid to Lacy
DyttOn They returned to England early in the
year 1884. Letter number 284, dated May 30,
1929, addressed to Mrs Bulwer, while staying at
Tunbridge Wells, was the last one written for
five years. On July 4, 1884. comes number 2S5.
written to Mrs. Bulwer. from the Castle Hotel.
after gross personal outrage From this let
ter we quote largely. as it is perhaps the most
important in the collections:
You have been cruelty outraged--and stand
eternally degraded IN my own ewes | do not
for moment blame you for the publicity which
you gave to an atfront nothing but frenzy can
eXtenuate-l do not blame you for exposing me
to my sePvants-for seeking that occasion to vim
dictate yourself to my mOther-nOr for single
proceeding of that most natural conduct, which
has probably by this time made the theme
for all the malignity of London. All this was
perfectly justifable after what had taken place
betrayed into such madness and giving myself
in moment of passion, so wholly into the hands
of my enemies. But | may doubt whether it
was humane to tamper with terrible an
lnfirmity as mine, to provoke so gratuitously i'll
the first instance, to continue to sting and to
asperate, to lead me on step by step to rouse me
out of the restraints | visibly endeavored to put
upon myself, to resolve on not allowing me to
escape myself, to persist in stretching to the ut
most temper ALWAYS so constitutionallv violent
" q tbOuSand
tions into an irritable sourness which common
charity might, if 1T could not forbear with, at
least not unnecessarily gall--unti at last sense,
reason manhood, everything gave way, and was
a maniac and brute. [ doubt if that was hu-
name. l am now convinced of what have long
believed; | am only fit to live alone. God and
nature afflicted me with unsocial habits. weak
nerves ana violent passions Every thing in my
life has tended to feed these infrmities, until
they have become confirmed and incurable dis
ease, which nothing but gentle pity, forbear-
ing, soothing, watchful compassionate of a
nurse over madman--can render bearable to
me, or to others"
He then goes on to settle money matters He
gives his wife free choice of residence. and, las
for the children, they are left completely with
you" He then concludes as follows:
Il do not ask your forgiveness which l know
you would readily give, but which would
neither remove my own soreness nor raise my
pride. l ask no forgiveness from human being
such as 1 am, | will be to the last my own
judge. l have been my own accuser and my
own punishment. have not one particle of
angry feeling against YOU all my bitterness is for
myself. And now, farewell. | wish you every
comfort; and after the first nervousness of "a
breakup is over, l know you will find
a great relief in relative change of
position. For six years you have been
to me an incompar BILE wife. That thought
alone is sufficient to maze me judge you enient-
ly in the last year. Whether the change arose
from too harsh a misconStruction of my faults
from an erroneous estimate of my character
from that utter difference of tastes, habits and
pursuits, which time that away all gloss
and all concealment made more obvious and
more Observation-Disclosures be the cause of the
change that has taken place in your affection
and your kindness, / make no complaint call
for no defense Let us both rest in peace.
And this was the proyocaticn as Lady Lytton
tells the story:
Upon his asking me with whom 1 was going
to the christening of Mr.. Fonblanque's child that
night and l replying, With Lady Stepney,' he
then repeated as fast as he could, dozen times
woman He then called out, Do
you hear me, madamF OF course
hear YOU Then why the - in -
don't you answer mep did not think it re-
exclaimed, Selling carving knife flor we were
at dinner, and he had told the servants to leave
the room till he rang), and rushing at me, cried
III have you to know that whenever | do you
the honor of addressing you, it requires an
answerr 1 said: For Gods sake, take care
what you are about, Edwardv He then dropped
the knife, and springing on me, made his great
teeth meet in my cheek, and the blood spurted
over me. The agony was so great that my
screams brought the servants back, and pres.
emily Cresson. the cook seized him by the
collar; but he broke from him, and seizing one
of the footmans hats in the hall, rushed down
Piccadlly."
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