SD1508. Diary Entry of Thomas Carlyle

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 17, 272–273 (in part).

Chelsea

[23–24 September 1851]

Chelsea, Oct. 4, 1851.—The day before yesterday, near midnight (Thursday, Oct. 2) I returned from a very short and insignificant excursion to Paris …

At Chapman’s shop [23 September], I learned that Robert Browning (poet) and his wife were just about setting out for Paris: I walked to their place—had, during that day and the following, consultations with these fellow pilgrims; and decided to go with them, by Dieppe, on Thursday … The Brownings, and their experience and friendly qualities, were worth waiting for during one day …

Text: Last Words of Thomas Carlyle (London, 1892), p. 151.

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