4449. RB to Isa Blagden

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 26, 227.

[Florence]

Saturday Morning. [23 July 1859] [1]

Dearest Isa,

I found Ba decidedly better: she was troubled however with more coughing in the course of the night than I had expected: This morning she has taken breakfast and is dressing to come into the drawing room. She is very weak of course, & unable to talk much—but will be very glad to see you this evening.

Yours affectionately RB.

I send the “Monitore” for Miss Field.

Publication: B-IB, pp. 220–221.

Manuscript: Hotchkiss Library.

1. Dated by RB’s reference to EBB’s illness, the onset of which occurred about 20 July (see the preceding letter).

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