1243. EBB to John Kenyon
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 7, 123–124.
[London]
[mid-May 1843] [1]
If it is really true, my dear cousin, that you have a pot of ivy which is supererogatory, I will gladly accept it from you—but if you only pretend to have it (and I suspect this so much that I was more than half determined not to take any notice of your message) I beg you not to send to me what I can procure by other means–
So do be honest as well as kind—only that may be too much to expect!–
Affectionately yours
EBB–
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Wellesley College.
1. Dated by letter 1253, in which EBB thanks Kenyon for the ivy.
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