THACKERAY WILLIAM M Autograph Letter Signed

Sale 2021 - Lot 310

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THACKERAY, WILLIAM M. Autograph Letter Signed, to Lady Louisa Boyle, asking forgiveness for not meeting for dinner and not replying to her note. 1 page, single 8vo sheet; remnants of prior mounting on verso with resulting minor browning recto. London, 17 April [1862]

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"I don't know what has become of the letter in reply to your kind note but upon my word I wrote one. And I am sorry I had to say I was unwell and forbidden by the Doctor to go out to dinner. And shall I confess, that once in a year or so it has happened to me to write a letter, and to find it in a table drawer, or under a pile of papers weeks afterwards? I am a miserable sinner and I throw myself on your forgiveness . . ."