2096. RB to William Johnson Fox

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 11, 169.

New Cross, Hatcham, Surrey.

Nov 13. 1845.

Then, my dear Sir, it shall be next Tuesday, if you please, as the day nearest that same Monday, and I will come & be very happy– The “chop”, I know, ought to be protested against—but “Thou chop’st my head off with a golden ax”! [1]

Ever yours very faithfully

R Browning.

Address: W. J. Fox Esqre / 5 Charlotte St / Bedford Square.

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: John Rylands University Library.

1. Cf. Romeo and Juliet, III, 3, 22.

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