5759. RB to Lord Houghton

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 32, 86–87.

19. Warwick Crescent,

Upper Westbourne Terrace, W.

June 6. ’66

My dear Houghton,

A “private invitation” from you is all the better when it brings a pleasure all the sooner in reach,—this time, however, it is out of reach, unluckily, as I am already engaged: thank you much.

Ever yours most truly

Robert Browning.

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Trinity College, Cambridge.

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