Hi Stan
You never guess what has happened to me
Pray tell
I visited the Keats-Shelley House yesterday
I can thoroughly recommend it
I agree it is wonderful
Later I sat on the Spanish Steps just taking in Rome when an Italian Count (are they not all Italian Count’s ) started chatting to me,
He said that he was the owner of De Mari Group and had noticed me at the meeting yesterday
Really
Yes
He said that I was a beautiful woman
You are
This is where it gets strange as he said that on his English side he was distantly related to Lord Byron
And I am related to the Dalai Lama
It was a chat up line
I know that
He said that I resembled Lady Caroline Lamb
Larry the Lamb more like
Funny Man Stan
He said that his intentions were honourable
But would I dine with him
Which I did
Are you jealous
No should I be
You are not my possession
I have many female friends
We are partners
Married partners
I love you and you hate me
It is a good mix
Ying and Yang
Were his intentions honourable
Very much
He offered me a job
In Rome
Did you accept
No
Sensible
St P to Rome it is not that far
England to France then turn left
He was obviously after you
Perhaps
Did you note your marriage
Yes
He had heard of you
Really
Did he like my poetry
That was not discussed
Typical
The Count was writing a book about Caroline Lamb
Interesting
He mentioned in passing the pubic hair
Public hair
Yes
That is common knowledge
But what I did not know was that Caroline at the beginning of her affair with Byron sent him a lock of her hair
That was a quite common practice in those days
It had been cut when she was fourteen
He showed me a facsimile of a letter from Caroline to Byron
‘as you like curiosities I send you a relic of Lady Caroline Ponsonby aged 14 – & I request you keep it for her sake.’
By the 9th of August 1812 she was cutting her pubic hair for him and sending it with another letter.
It was an interesting intimacy and probably the reason Napoleon invaded Russia
Invade England Non
With all those crazzie English persons around it will not end well
Silly Stan
It does however show the early signs of her decent into a madness as she was obsessed with Byron
I was wondering if the Count wanted a token from me
Some flowers from my Lady Garden
But alas this would not be possible
Thrush
Yes
I am quite smooth now Stan
It is much cleaner
At least for the summer
I wondered why the plug was blocked
I changed the sheets for no reason then
Come again
Well there was a musty smell
And you thought it was me
No
Thrush is not much fun Stan
I never said it was
You are a grade one Stan
I was waiting for that compliment
Did you get a rash
Rash
Yes when you ploughed your lady garden
You have such a romantic ways of putting things
But no I did not suffer a rash
Bad things rashes
My face is so sore sometimes
The Count asked if I would correspond with him
Will you
Yes if you do not mind
You are not my possession Jane
This said if your lot are dealing with his lot then this might be to your advantage
Always the cynic Stan
But I love and miss you
Just practical Jane
Just practical