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.