3637. EBB to Arabella Moulton-Barrett
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 21, 277.
[London]
[Postmark: 29 September 1855]
Dearest dear Arabel, this is a frill for Penini, just come from the wash. [1] Ask Bonser to sew it on instead of the horrid thing he took. Oh—how I miss him & you. [2] Dearest, the house is full of echoes. May God bless you always. Tell my Peni to think of me & love me, & be very good & happy. I have his kiss—& yours–
Your ever attached
Ba
Address: Miss Barrett / 12. Cornfield Terrace / Eastbourne.
Publication: EBB-AB, II, 174.
Manuscript: Gordon E. Moulton-Barrett.
1. This note is written on the flap of the envelope that enclosed Pen’s “frill.”
2. After a short visit to London (25–29 September), Arabella took Pen back with her to Eastbourne, where he stayed until 3 October.
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