I think of joining because it is cheap.
"The subjoined poem" was the one beginning: "She dwelt among the
untrodden ways," and Butler made this note on the letter:
To the foregoing letter I answered that I concluded Miss Savage
meant to imply that Wordsworth had murdered Lucy in order to
escape a prosecution for breach of promise.
Miss Savage to Butler.
2nd April, 1880: My dear Mr. Butler: I don't think you see all
that I do in the poem, and I am afraid that the suggestion of a
DARK SECRET in the poet's life is not so very obvious after all.
I was hoping you would propose to devote yourself for a few
months to reading the Excursion, his letters, &c., with a view to
following up the clue, and I am disappointed though, to say the
truth, the idea of a _crime_ had not flashed upon me when I wrote
to you. How well the works of _great_ men repay attention and
study! But you, who know your Bible so well, how was it that you
did not detect the plagiarism in the last verse? Just refer to
the account of the disappearance of Aaron (I have not a Bible at
hand, we want one sadly in the club) but I am sure that the words
are identical [I cannot see what Miss Savage meant.
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