CHAPTER XVIII. SHELLEY'S QUARREL WITH HOGG 407

Shelley's Suspicion of Hogg--His Conviction of Hogg's Guilt-- Did Hogg make the Attempt?--The Manipulated Letter--Hogg's Object in publishing it--His Purpose in altering it--The Great Discovery--Evidence of Hogg's Guilt--Sources of the Evidence--Shelley's Correspondence with Miss Hitchener--His Letters from Keswick to Hogg--Their vehement Affectionateness--Eliza Westbrook in Office--Shelley under Training--Sisters in Council--Shelley's Conferences with Harriett--Proofs of Hogg's Innocence--_Primâ Facie_ Improbability--Why Hogg was not charged at York--His Arraignment at Keswick--Condemned in his Absence--The Reconciliation--Divine Forgiveness--Hogg's Restoration to Intimacy with Harriett--Shelley's subsequent Intimacy with Hogg--Hogg's Intimacy with Mary Godwin--Shelley's Acknowledgment of Delusion--He begs Pardon of Hogg--Hogg's Denials of the Charge--Hypothetical Letters--Concluding Estimate of Harriett's Evidence--If Hogg should be proved Guilty--Consequences to Shelley's Reputation.

THE REAL SHELLEY.