Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 21 August 1844: 'I regret to say, dear Miss Barrett, that we have achieved our first reading of the book, & like silly children, who have plucked grape, by grape, till not one is left upon the stalk, we are wishing, with a sigh, that the pleasure were yet to come [...] let me thank you, first of all, for that little touch of kindness, which made itself warmly felt, when in cutting open the leaves I came to the "Romance of the Swan's Nest" [goes on to discuss other pieces in detail]'.