I te 21 o Tihema 1801, i te whitu o Fanny, ka marenatia a Godwin ki a Mary Jane Clairmont, he hoa tata me ana tamariki tokorua: e toru-tau-tau a Claire me te ono-tau a Charles. Kaore ia i marenatia i mua, me te rapu, penei i a Godwin, mo te pumau o te tahua. Ahakoa he pai te ako a Clairmont, he pai te haere, ko te nuinga o nga hoa o Godwin i whakahawea ki a ia, i kitea ia he koretake, he kore pono. I miharo ratou ka taea e Godwin te whakakapi i a Mary Wollstonecraft ki a ia. I te 28 o Poutu-te-rangi 1803, i whakaae a Fanny me tana tuahine a Mary ki to raua matua, ka amuamu ia ki nga tuhinga a Wollstone, kaore ia i whakaae ki tana akonga e kii ana kia whiwhi ia i te maatauranga wahine, pera i a Godwin. Na reira, i kii a Mary Clairmont i nga pukapuka a Shelley i tuhi i mua, i te mea i whakaakohia e ia ki a Mary Shelley, i whakaako
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