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Hobhouse has kept a record of their expenditure abroad, Byron not. [PSC]

"Though I do not think you have used me very well in not writing after my very frequent requests to that effect, I shall not give you an opportunity of recriminating, but fill this sheet to remind you of my existence and assure you of my regard,…

"In four days {from Constantinople} with a favourable wind I arrived in the frigate at the island of Zea, from whence I took a boat to Athens where I met my friend the Marquis of Sligo who expressed a wish to proceed with me as far as Corinth."

"I was happy to hear from you, but should be more happy to see you – I not only am not relieved from responsibility, but am obliged to pay ...."

More money worries

Byron thought that as a peer he should outrank the ambassador in the procession to the Seraglio, and had refused to go on the previous occasion. [PSC]

"I shall begin by telling you, having only told it you twice before, that I swam from Sestos to Abydos."

Byron writes his first letter to Hobhouse eleven days after they part. [PSC]

"Indeed, my dear Mrs. Byron, you have given me a very great treat in sending me English Bards to look at...."

Even in Constantinople, Byron is concerned for the reception of English Bards. [PSC]