3894. EBB to Jessie Meriton White

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 23, 97.

[London]

Friday– [17 October 1856] [1]

Dearest Fiamma,

We talk of monday as our day for going—but there is so much to do, I can answer for nothing.

Come when you can. I am always at home,—& Robert wishes to be so.

Your loving

EBB

Publication: Simonetta Berbeglia, “Il Risorgimento delle figlie adottive: lettere inedite tra Elizabeth Barrett Browning e Jessie White Mario,” Antologia Vieusseux, 16 (2010), p. 65.

Manuscript: Armstrong Browning Library.

1. Dated by EBB’s reference to the Brownings’ impending departure, which was delayed till Thursday, 23 October, and by Jessie White’s presence in London.

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