'They [newly married Lord and Lady Byron] read books together, and discussed them; Scott's Lord of the Isles was sent to Byron by [John] Murray [his publisher]. It they did not only discuss, for he pointed out to her, "with a miserable smile," the description of the wayward bridegroom:
'"She watched, yet feared to meet, his glance,
And he shunned hers, till when by chance
They met, the point of foemen's lance
Had given a milder pang."'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Lord and Lady Byron Print: Book
'[Byron] was reading an article by [Erasmus] Darwin on Diseased Volition (a semi-anticipation of Freud) and pointed out to her [Anne Isabella, his wife] a passage upon the patient's making a mystery of the diseased association, "which if he could be persuaded to divulge, the effect would cease." Acting upon this hint from Darwin, and from him, she led him on to speak of his infirmity [i.e. his club foot]. He came to talk familiarly of his "little foot" (as he called it) and said that some allowance must surely be made to him on the Day of Judgment, that he had often wanted to revenge himself on Heaven for it.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Lord and Lady Byron Print: Unknown
