CHAPTER XIII

SEPTEMBER 1820-AUGUST 1821

1820. Abandonment of the steamboat project--Disappointment-- Wet season--The Serchio in flood--Return to Pisa--Medwin--His illness--Clare takes a situation at Florence.

1821. Pisan acquaintances--Pacchiani--Sgricci--Prince Mavrocordato--Emilia Viviani--Mary's Greek studies--Shelley's trance of Emilia--It passes--The Williams' arrive--Friendship with the Shelleys--Allegra placed in a convent--Clare's despair--Shelley's passion for boating--They move to Pugnano--"The boat on the Serchio"--Mary sits to E. Williams for her portrait--Shelley visits Byron at Ravenna 269-293

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