 Byron had not been responding to Nicolo 's letters , which Nicolo mentions in the letter : " It is now almost three years that I am at Athens ; and have sent you many letters , but I have not received any answer " . It is possible that Byron did not respond because he was married and , according to the 20th @-@ century Byron biographer Phyllis <unk> , " Nicolo was the last person he would have wanted to hear from . " 
