The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume 2 (of 2)

CHAPTER XVII

JULY-SEPTEMBER 1822

They set off at once, death in their hearts, yet clinging outwardly to any semblance of a hope. They crossed to Lerici, they posted to Pisa; they went first to Casa Lanfranchi. Byron was there; he could tell them nothing. It was midnight, but to rest or wait was impossible; they posted on to Leghorn. They went about inquiring for Trelawny or Ro...