4483. RB to John Forster

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 26, 283.

[Siena]

5 September 1859

<***> At present Landor’s conduct is faultless. His wants are so moderate, his evenness of temper so remarkable, his gentleness and readiness to be advised so exemplary, that it all seems too good; as if some rock must lurk under such smooth water. His thankfulness for the least attention, and anxiety to return it, are almost affecting under all circumstances. He leads a life of the utmost simplicity. <***>

Text: John Forster, Walter Savage Landor, a Biography (London, 1869), II, 565.

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