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🎈William Boyd, The Romantic🎈

The Shakespeare and Company Interview

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Cashall and Mary Shelley

When Ross Cashall returned to Lerichy at the end of June everything had changed. Claire Claremont was now staying in the house, and when he quietly suggested a morning swim, she said it was too hot for swimming now. Mary Shelley was now a semi-invalid, mourning another dead child. Only the Williamses were congenial; they were Ned, Jane, and Cashall to each other now. The coldest welcome he received was from Shelley himself. 'I think you should keep your distance from Miss Claremont,'  Shelley said abruptly. ‘She's part of my family,. I must look out for her welfare'

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