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The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II

CHAPTER VII
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But perhaps you won't come near us now; we may be too much 'out of the way' for you.

Is it so indeed?
Understand that close by us is a stand of _coupes_ and _fiacres_, not to profane your ears with the mention of the continual stream of omnibuses by means of which you may reach the other end of Paris for six sous.

And there might be a possibility of taking a small apartment for you in this very house.

See how I castle-build.
But if the Crystal Palace vanishes from the face of the earth, who shall trust any more in castles?
Will they really pull it down, do you think?
If it's a bubble, it's a glass bubble, and not meant, therefore, for bursting in the air, it seems to me.

And you do want a place in England for sculpture, and also to show people how olives grow.


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