518. RB to Thomas Noon Talfourd

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 3, 161.

Hanover Cottage, Southampton St Camberwell.

Tuesday Mg [ca. 1836] [1]

My dear Sir,

I shall be very happy to dine with you next Saturday. En attendant, [2] may I beg you to offer my best respects to Mrs Talfourd, [3] and to believe me,

Dear Sir,

Your’s most faithfully,

Robert Browning.

Mr Sergt Talfourd, M.P.

&c — &c &c

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: University of Texas.

1. The formal tone places this letter at an early stage of their relationship.

2. “Meanwhile.”

3. Rachel, eldest daughter of John Towill Rutt, author and politician, whom Talfourd had married in 1822.

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