SD2329. Frederic Leighton to Augusta Matthews
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 27, 341.
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January 24, 1860
… I am horrified to hear the account you give of Mrs. Browning. I knew she was a confirmed invalid, but had no idea that one of her lungs was already gone! What will poor Browning do if she dies? He adores her, you know. …
Text: Emilie I. Barrington, The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton (London, 1906), II, 64.
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