Correspondence

3662.  EBB & RB to William Johnson Fox

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 21, 314–315.

[London]

Tuesday night. [16 October 1855] [1]

My dear Mr Fox,

Hour by hour I meant—was sure I thought, to call on you for five minutes, and thank you though never so poorly, for all your goodness to me and mine—but the dreadful last day has come out with all its peculiarities! We go to Paris to-morrow and shall return in some six months, it is hoped, readier to pay all debts—though not much abler probably. But thank you, thank you for it all, criticism and sympathy and such a beautiful drawing book for Penini moreover! He thanks you too—and so does my wife—who will take proper care of the drawing.

Both of us hope we shall stay in your kind thoughts, dear Mr Fox—with all loving regards to “Tottie” [2] we are, both of us, yours very gratefully and affectionately,

E.B.B. & R. Browning.

My sister preceded us, some days ago, in a hurry—I may safely associate her feeling with ours however.

Text: Richard Garnett and Edward Garnett, The Life of W.J. Fox (London, 1910), pp. 314–315 (as 17 October 1853).

1. Dated by RB’s mention of leaving for Paris “to-morrow.”

2. Eliza Fox.

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