844. EBB to Mary Russell Mitford
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 5, 113–114.
[Torquay]
[Postmark: 22 August 1841]
<***> Do take care of yrself, & avoid trusting that terrible horse any more– [1] What wd dear Dr Mitford do without you? Think of that! And when you have done, think what I [2] shd do! God bless & keep you–
Ever your gratefully affectionate
EBB–
Address: Miss Mitford / Three Mile Cross / near Reading.
Publication: EBB-MRM, I, 264.
Manuscript: Wellesley College.
1. A reference to Miss Mitford’s latest mishap (see letter 843, note 1).
2. Underscored twice.
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