3911. EBB to Jane Wills-Sandford

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 23, 114–115.

[London]

[22 October 1856] [1]

We dont go till tomorrow, dearest Jane, having been pinned to the wall by last things to do—but we go tomorrow certainly. I am very tired. Robert thinks that, to prevent disappointment, you had better write a line to Ros[s]etti, proposing an hour .. [‘]‘will it suit you? if not, what hour will”? Mr Woolner, the artist of the medallion, is to be found,—3 studio– Tudor Lodge– Albert Street. Mornington Crescent.

So I leave you and all your good books–

I shall find some, though, in the little German shop, [2] & I shall think of you when I lie on the sofa pretending to read them. Write to me–

Lovingly yours ever

EBB.

My love to your sisters—& to Mr Sandford, much regard from us both–

Adieu–

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Armstrong Browning Library.

1. Dated by EBB’s reference to leaving London the next day.

2. Brecker’s bookshop, located near Casa Guidi; see letter 2787, note 5.

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