Chapter 5

1841-1846

"Bells and Pomegranates"--Arnould and Domett--"A Blot in the 'Scutcheon"--Macready--Second Visit to Italy--Miss Barrett's Poetic Work--"Colombe's Birthday"--"Lady Geraldine's Courtship"--"Romances and Lyrics"--Browning's First Letter to Miss Barrett--The Poets Meet--Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett--"Loves of the Poets"--Vita Nuova 67