5034. RB to Richard Monckton Milnes

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 30, 49.

1. Chichester Road,

Upper Westbourne Terrace

Saturday [ca. March 1862] [1]

Dear Milnes,

I find, to my vexation, that I ought to have given Tuesday, & not Monday as my disengaged morning. If I hear nothing to the contrary I shall suppose that you will accept the substitution; & there will be no fresh blunder on my part–

Ever yours truly

R Browning.

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Trinity College, Cambridge.

1. Approximate date based on the mourning stationery and the return address. In late January 1862, RB began using mourning stationery with a narrower black border than that used in the previous months. RB resided at 1 Chichester Road from 3 October 1861 to 8 May 1862.

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