2954. RB to George Goodin Moulton-Barrett

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 17, 112.

[London]

Tuesday Eg [23 September 1851] [1]

My dear George,

What can I say to you, for Ba & myself, or how thank you for this beautiful present? You know, I hope, that nothing was less necessary than such a gift to convince us of your entirely affectionate feeling towards us both—of that your whole demeanour since your return has been a most gratifying proof. Be assured that I rejoice in the hope, nay the conviction, that the union between us will only grow closer with time—and that I shall ever feel it, as I do now, a great pride & privelege to be known as

My dear George,

Yours most affectionately & gratefully,

RB.

Address: George Barrett Esq.

Publication: B-GB, p. 267.

Manuscript: Pierpont Morgan Library.

1. Dated by reference to letter 2945 in which EBB writes of the reconciliation with her brother George.

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