CHAPTER XIV. THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1811 292

Arrival in Town--The Poland-Street Exiles--The Squire's Correspondence with Hogg's Father--His gentle Treatment of Shelley--Dinner at Miller's Hotel--Hogg's Testimony to the Squire's Worth--Shelley's Nicknames for his Father--Shelley rejects his Father's Terms--Shelley offers Terms to his Father--The Squire's Indignation--He Relents--He makes Shelley a Liberal Allowance--Lady Shelley's Misrepresentations--The Exiles about Town--The Separation of 'The Inseparables'--Shelley's Intimacy with the Westbrooks Shelley's Intimacy with the Westbrooks--John Westbrook's Calling and Character--Taking the Sacrament--Harriett Westbrook's Conversion to Atheism--Her Disgrace at School-- Shelley's Measures for illuminating his Sister Hellen-- Tourists in Wales--The Change in Elizabeth Shelley-- Arrangements for a Clandestine Meeting--Mrs. Shelley's Treatment of her Son--Captain Pilford's Kindness to his Nephew--Harriett Westbrook's Appeal to Shelley--Her Decision and Indecision--From Wales to London--Hogg's Influence--The Elopement to Scotland--Hogg starts for Edinburgh.