Seaham Hall (September 28 1814)
‘My mother has been ill… partly I believe from agitation.
You will conceive that she must experience it in these circumstances, though they are “to her heart’s desire.”
It is rarely that so fond a mother is so little selfish.
Her indulgence is for my sake – not her own.
Are you not afraid that such a spoiled child will prove a Xantippe?
You must console yourself with the hope that I am tired of having my own way, if that period be not to womankind like the eternally future one of Discretion.‘
Sources Used:
The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella Lady Noel Byron Ethel Colburn Mayne (London: Constable & Co Ltd 1929)
The Regency Recondite 