It's quite wonderful that a woman who has written a book to make the world ring should write so abominably....
Do you hear often from Mr.Chorley?
Mr.Kenyon complains of never seeing him.

He seems to have withdrawn a good deal, perhaps into closer occupations, who knows?
Aubrey de Vere told a friend of ours in Paris the other day that Mr.Patmore was engaged on a poem which 'was to be the love poem of the age,' parts of which he, Aubrey de Vere, had seen.
Last week I was vexed by the sight of Mrs.Trollope's card, brought in because we were at dinner.

I should have liked to have seen her for the sake of the opportunity of talking of _you_.
Do you know the engravings in the 'Story without an End'?
The picture of the 'child' is just my Penini.

Some one was observing it the other day, and I thought I would tell you, that you might image him to yourself.
Think of his sobbing and screaming lately because of the Evangelist John being sent to Patmos.

'Just like poor Robinson Crusoe' said he.