illfortune

And now, even now, at this safe eight o'clock, I could not be safe from somebody, who, in her goodnature and my illfortune, must come and sit by me -- and when my letter was come -- 'why wouldn't I read it?

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850

And now, even now, at this safe eight o'clock, I could not be safe from somebody, who, in her goodnature and my illfortune, must come and sit by me ” and when my letter was come ” 'why wouldn't I read it?

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898