Item Info

Physical Description: [2] pages
Material: paper
Transcription:

Rosemont.
                Friday Night September Fourth
                                       1846.
My Dear Mr. Watson
                In the intervals of my tears, I write this, to send you in the morning with Byron. — I have put a little piece of paper into the whereabout of the Prisoner of Chillon.
                Grief and jolting deprive me of the power of offering any remark, oral or written, on any subject whatever. I have merely strength of mind – and barely strength of fingers – to offer my dismal regards to Mrs. Watson. Having done which, I return to the gorgeous red sofa, where I have been endeavoring, with my head very low, and my heels very high, to find some temporary consolation in the bosom of the newspapers.
                                Always believe me
                                Very faithfully yours
                                Charles Dickens
The Hon.
                Richard Watson

MssDate: Friday Night September Fourth 1846
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Recipient: Watson, Richard, 1800-1852
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. D. Jacques Benoliel, 12/56.

Bibliography:

Volume 4, pp. 617-18, The Letters of Charles Dickens, edited by Madeline House & Graham Storey ; associate editors, W.J. Carlton … [et al.].

Country: Creation Place Note:Rosemont
Country:Switzerland
City/Town/Township:Lausanne

Call Number: DL W337 1846-09-04
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author