One grief and only one was still present; Mr Barrett remained inexorable; his daughter hoped that with time and patience his arms would open to her again.

It was a hope never to be fulfilled.

In the cordial comradeship of Browning's sister, Sarianna, a new correspondent, there was a measure of compensation.
Already Browning had in view the collected edition of his Poetical Works which did not appear until 1849.

The poems were to be made so lucid, "that everyone who understood them hitherto" was to "lose that mark of distinction." _Paracelsus_ and _Pippa_ were to be revised with special care.

The sales reported by Moxon were considered satisfactory; but of course the profits as yet were those of his wife's poems.