"And believe me, dear Sir,
"Very faithfully yours,
"E. Burne-Jones."
"62 Gt. Russell St.,
"Oct. 17, 1863.
"Dear Sir,—Your messenger arrived an hour after I posted to you. I send the Triptych. You will have 'The Annunciation' next week; but until it is quite finished, I am unwilling to send it out of my studio. The little drawing of 'The Days' is at this moment gone to have a new glass put before it, but will be ready on Monday. I am sorry that it will not be before. In haste.
"Yours very faithfully,
"E. Burne-Jones."
The following letter alludes to his election into the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours, one of the three pictures necessary to be sent in being "The Annunciation." This gave him a place for public exhibition.
"62 Gt. Russell St.,
"Feb. 10, 1864.
"Dear Sir,—You may know by now that I was elected on Monday. The picture is in my studio again now; but if you will leave it with me for a week or two, I think I may find time before leaving town to do one or two things at it which I notice.
"Believe me,
"Very sincerely yours,