3990.5. RB to Elizabeth Clementine Kinney

Addendum to The Brownings’ Correspondence, vol. 24.

[Florence]

Monday Mg [27 April 1857] [1]

Dear Mrs Kinney,

I hoped to see you myself this morning, but was prevented. My wife continues to improve in strength—tho’ slowly. She thanks you heartily for all you kindness—as does

Yours ever faithfully

& gratefully

Robert Browning

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Armstrong Browning Library.

1. Dating based on RB’s reference to EBB’s acute suffering over her father’s death, news of which reached the Brownings on 23 April 1857 (see letter 3996).

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