8th-9 Dec 91 dear LM: Today a chap / told me that there had / been or was to be a sale / of letters written by friends / to Rossetti - that man / ? for fear some of / his should be for sale - / I also felt troubled - / does thou know aught of / this? / and if the sale has / been can I get mine back / if they have sold - or if / the sale is to be can I / buy them in - if they should be offered for sale. / & what a bore it is / to have to even / think of this. / How are you? / don't sell this letter, / there's a dear boy. / yoursaff EBJ. [by CFM] This refers to a vol of / letters sold at Sothebys / & passed. by Mr B? /The coll was afterwards / purchased by myself / it contained nothing / of a private nature & / of any importance -