4409. EBB to Sophia Eckley
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 26, 155.
[Rome]
[?22] [May 1859] [1]
Dearest kindest Sophie,
Yes, dear, I will go with you, & so will Peni—but Robert has an engagement with Mr Lehmann– Nevertheless our days being numbered, we had better take today, I think.
In love your
Ba
I send back some books, but Masterman Ready [2] was returned, Peni says.
We shall dine at two, & be ready for you at three–
Address, on integral page: Madame Eckley.
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Berg Collection.
1. Conjectural date based on EBB’s reference to “our days being numbered” and to RB’s “engagement with Mr. Lehmann.” The Brownings left Rome 26 May 1859, and Lehmann completed his portrait of RB on 22 May (see letter 4400, note 4).
2. By Capt. Frederick Marryat, R.N. (1792–1848), published 1841–42.
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