3562. EBB to Alfred Moulton-Barrett
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 21, 181.
[Lyons]
[24 June 1855] [1]
My dearest Alfred
This is the third letter I have written to you since we parted– The others you will receive by post– [2]
We have lost two boxes– A square deal box, locked,—with Robert Browning written on one side of the lid—secondly a trunk with RB in brass nails on the lid–. Enquire at the steamer L’Industrie & at the customs house– They must be somewhere there– At the hotel, of course– And despatch them instantly to Robert’s address– 138 Avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris–
The rest in the other letters– In greatest haste & despair–
Your attached
Ba
Examine the magazine of the hotel.
Address, on integral page: À Monsieur / Monsieur A. P. M. Barrett / Hôtel des Empereurs / Marseille.
Dockets, in recipient’s hand: 5 Malles / de la / douane à l’Hotel [“5 trunks / from / customs at the hotel”]. 11 Colis [“11 parcels”] / by railroad— / at the Bureau / registered.
Publication: Ronald Hudson, “Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Her Brother Alfred,” Browning Institute Studies, 2 (1974), 148.
Manuscript: Eton College Library.
1. Dated by EBB’s reference to the lost boxes.
2. As indicated in the second paragraph of letter 3564, this letter was sent by courier.
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