“My dear Patmore,—I was just
going to write, as your note arrived, to put off the Kensingtonian excursion
for a couple of Sundays, as I find I must be at home
tomorrow (and the Count, I just happen to hear, dines out). Your suggestion
increases my wishes, without diminishing my inability. But I think I can drop
in on Monday, between eight and nine. If by chance
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“I shall esteem it an honour and a pleasure to be allowed to see anything that may be producible, then and at all times; for so strong is the feeling fixed in my mind, that I do not calculate on disappointment. As for you, your course is clear; there can be no mistake.
