Chapter VIII: May 1815-September 1816

1815. Objections raised to Clara's return to Skinner Street--
Her letter to Fanny Godwin from Lynmouth--The Shelleys make a
tour in South Devon--Shelley seeks for houses--Letter from
Mary--They settle at Bishopsgate--Boating expedition--Happy
summer--Shelley writes "Alastor."

1816. Mary's son William born--List of books read by Shelley
and Mary in 1815--Clara's project of going on the stage--Her
connection with Byron--She introduces him to the Shelleys--
Shelley's efforts to raise money for Godwin--Godwin's
rapacity--Refuses to take a cheque made out in Shelley's
name--Shelley escapes from England--Is persuaded by Clara
(now called "Clare" or "Claire") to go to Geneva--Mary's
descriptive letters--Byron arrives at Geneva--Association of
Shelley and Byron--Origin of _Frankenstein_ as related by
Mary--She begins to write it--Voyage of Shelley and Byron
round the lake of Geneva--Tour to the valley of Chamouni--
Journal--Return to England (August)--Mary and Clare go to
Bath, and Shelley to Marlow 115-157

CHAPTER IX

SEPTEMBER 1816-FEBRUARY 1817

1816. Life in lodgings at Bath--Anxieties--Letters from
Fanny--Her pleadings on Godwin's behalf--Her own
disappointment--She leaves home in despair--Dies by her own
hand at Swansea (October 9)--Shelley's visit to Marlow--
Letter from Mary--Shelley's search for Harriet--He hears of
her death--His yearning after his children--Marriage with
Mary (Dec. 29).

1817. Birth of Clare's infant (Jan. 13)--Visit of the
Shelleys to the Leigh Hunts at Hampstead--Removal to Marlow 158-181