CHAPTER V. NORTH DEVON 100

Mr. Eton’s Cottage near Tintern Abbey--Shelley’s Reason for not taking the Cottage--His Letter to Mr. Eton--Godwin’s expostulatory Epistle--His Grounds for thinking Shelley prodigal--Reasonableness of Godwin’s Admonitions--Hogg and MacCarthy at fault--Shelley’s Letters from Lynton to Godwin-- Miss Hitchener at Lynton--Porcia _alias_ Portia--_Letter_ to Lord Ellenborough--Printed at Barnstaple--Mr. Chanter’s _Sketches of the Literary History of Barnstaple_--Fifty Copies of the _Letter_ sent to London--Shelley’s Measures for the political Enlightenment of North Devon Peasants--His Irish Servant, Daniel Hill--Commotion at Barnstaple--Daniel Hill’s Arrest and Imprisonment--Mr. Syle’s Alarm--Shelley’s humiliating and perilous Position--His Flight from North Devon to Wales--William Godwin’s Trip from London to Lynton--His Surprise and Disappointment--His ‘Good News’ of the Fugitives.