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Lord Lytton’s Death.

The version of the death of Lord Lytton given by De Blowitz, ‘ our own correspondent ’ in Paris of the Londou Times, is said to be the correct one, though there seems to be no good reason why the newspaper stories should difler. De Blowitz describes the event thus :— ‘ All the morning Lord Lytton had been writing verses in bed. The morphia taken to allay the pain had doubtless inflamed his imagination, and his mental activity seemed hourly increasing. About 4 o’clock, just as Lady Lytton entered the adjoining room and was taking off her cloak, Lord Lytton asked his yalet to giye hix»

some carminative, a mixture which he took to allay pains in the side. He was continuing to write. His valet went for the mixture, and while turning to a window to pour out a dose he heard a slight noise, looked around and saw Lord Lytton dead. The ink was not dry on the sheet of papei’, and the last line was unfinished. Such a death was characteristic. The poet struck down, pen in hand, after a morning in which the diplomatist had listened to the report of the Embassy Secretary.

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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1037, 15 January 1892, Page 11

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Lord Lytton’s Death. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1037, 15 January 1892, Page 11

Lord Lytton’s Death. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1037, 15 January 1892, Page 11

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