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1838

The Collected Letters, Volume 10

TC TO LEIGH HUNT ; 30 July 1838; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18380700-TC-JHLH-01; CL 10: 140-141

TC TO LEIGH HUNT

[July–August? 1838]

My dear Sir— I saw Baron Alzdorf 1 last night, and made a kind of conditional promise to him that I “would go if I could.” The meaning of the subjunctive mood is that I am to be out (what is very unusual with me) tonight too and on Saturday, and am like to have my poor nerves shattered all to shreds. I cannot yet be indicative. The prospect of your company up and down is my greatest or almost only chance. But be not guided by me. Be indicative for yourself; and think that I shall regret much if I cannot go with you. He seems a very good fellow the Baron.— Adieu! Ever yours

T. C.

Sourcenote

TC-LH [JHLH], [July–Aug.?]. MS: British Library, Add. 37210, f.180. Pbd: Sanders, CF 154–58. This and the next letter cannot be dated clearly. TC met Baron Alzdorf sometime before 20 Aug., when he left for Scotland. He walked to Ham Common with Hunt on Sat., 28 July (see TC to JAC, 27 July), for a dinner with John Minter Morgan; but there is no evidence to suggest that this was also the meeting with Alzdorf, and some evidence against it as, according to this letter, TC already had an engagement for the Sat. following the writing of this letter. [To maintain the order established by the editors of the CL, this letter has been assigned a document date of 30 July 1838.]

Footnotes

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SUBJECT / RECIPIENT INDICES

	Subject terms: Alzdorf Baron Morgan John Minter
	Recipient terms: Hunt Leigh