Do you not think I am glad?
The beautiful verses touched me to the quick, so does your letter.

We shall be in London again perhaps in two months for a few weeks, and then you will let us see you, I hope, will you not?
And, in the meanwhile, you will believe that we do not indeed think of you as a stranger.

Ah, your dream flattered me in certain respects! Yet there was some truth in it, as I have told you, even though you saw in the dreamlight more roses than were growing.
Certainly Mr.Chapman will at last send me 'The Head of the Family,' and then I will write again of course.
Dear Miss Mulock, may I write myself down now, because I _must_, Affectionately yours and gratefully, ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
* * * * * _To Miss Mitford_ [Paris],138 Avenue des Ch.-Elysees: May 9, [1852].
I began a long letter to you in the impulse left by yours upon me, and then destroyed it by accident.

That hindered me from writing as soon as I should have done, for indeed I am anxious to have other news of you, my dearest dear Miss Mitford, and to know, if possible, that you are a little better....

Tell me everything.