You would have 'fretted' me terribly if you had not, for I liked it myself, knowing it to be an earnest opinion and expressive of the man.

I had a very interesting letter from him the other day.

He is devout in his art, and the simplest of men otherwise....
Now, I will ask you to write to us.

It is _you_ who give us up, indeed.
Will your sister accept our true regards and sympathies?
I shall persist in hoping to see her a little stronger next spring--or summer, rather.
May God bless you! I will set myself down, and Robert with me, as Faithfully and affectionately yours, ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
* * * * * _To Miss Mitford_ Casa Tolomei, Alia Villa, Bagni di Lucca: August 20 and 21, 1853.
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We are enjoying the mountains here, riding the donkeys in the footsteps of the sheep, and eating strawberries and milk by basins full.
The strawberries succeed one another, generation after generation, throughout the summer, through growing on different aspects of the hills.