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