CHAPTER XVI

APRIL-JULY 1822

1822 (April).--Difficulty in breaking the news to Clare-- Mary in weak health--Clare, Mary, and Percy sent to Spezzia-- Letter from Shelley--He follows with the Williams'--Casa Magni--Clare hears the truth--Her grief--Domestic worries-- Mary's illness and suffering--Shelley's great enjoyment of the sea--Williams' journal--The _Ariel_--Godwin's affairs and threatened bankruptcy--Cruel letters--They are kept back from Mary--Mary's letter to Mrs. Gisborne--Her serious illness-- Shelley's nervous attacks, dreams and visions--Mrs. Williams' society soothing to him--Arrival of the Leigh Hunts at Genoa--Shelley and Williams go to meet them at Pisa--They sail for Leghorn--Mary's gloomy forebodings--Letters from Shelley and Mrs. Williams--The voyagers' return is anxiously awaited--They never come--Loss of the _Ariel_ 343-369

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY

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