The next letter relates to the opinion of Mr. Shadwell, afterwards
Vice-Chancellor:
_Mr. Sharon Turner to John Murray_.
_November_ 12, 1819.
Dear Murray,
I saw Mr. Shadwell to-day on "Don Juan." He has gone through the book
with more attention than Mr. Bell had time to do. He desires me to say
that he does not think the Chancellor would refuse an injunction, or
would overturn it if obtained....
Yours most faithfully,
SHARON TURNER.
In the event the injunction to restrain the publication of "Don Juan" by
piratical publishers was granted.
Towards the end of 1819 Byron thought of returning to England. On
November 8 he wrote to Mr. Murray:
"If she [the Countess Guiccioli] and her husband make it up, you will
perhaps see me in England sooner than you expect. If not, I will retire
with her to France or America, change my name, and lead a quiet
provincial life. If she gets over this, and I get over my Tertian ague,
I will perhaps look in at Albemarle Street _en passant_ to Bolivar."
When Mr. Hobhouse, then living at Ramsbury, heard of Byron's intention
to go to South America, he wrote to Mr.
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