Leigh Hunt letter to Elizabeth Kent, August 30, 1825

              Florence—30. Augt. 1825.  Dearest Bebs, 
We shall have "the cottages" at last.  I received this morning £200 from Colburn; and though I shall be glad to hear from Novello respecting the creditors, it is not absolutely necessary to wait for settling with them, unless they should refuse to receive any thing like a composition; which is hardly likely.  At all events, I hope I could transact that matter by means of Colburn, should other resources fail.  I could discuss /the/ it with him on my
journey; & at the very worst, might /	/ say nothing of
my arrival in England, till I could say something agreeable
to them.  / --- / Did Novello send to you about the payment
from Mr. Bowring? or to Mrs. S [Shelley]?  I begged him to do it to one or the other, hoping, according to the statement he sent me, that the amount would be enough to accommodate with these strange creditors, who have sprung up like Cadmus's teeth.  I was very glad, on that account, that Mr. Hunter offered to get it for me.  It is of the greatest importance that we should return.  It is the best thing to be done in a pecuniary point of view, striking while the iron is hot, for Colburn is very glad to have me, & already proposes /that/ plans of his own.  He wants me to set up a newspaper!  This I tell you, as a speciman how much he is inclined to do. Then your sister's health suffers more from the eternal wear and tear of children grown too old for
 
her to manage, than from any one thing in the world; and she is quite sensible of it.  Her impatience to /she/ see some English trees again is equal to mine. 
I therefore trust, dear Bebs, to set off in the course of a fortnight at