Dato: 30. august 1847
Fra: H.C. Andersen   Til: Richard Bentley
Sprog: dansk, engelsk.

I Afskedsstunden den Tanke fødes,

Vi skilles for at mødes!

H. C. Andersen,

Seven Oaks 1847

30 Aug

[Med Bentleys håndskrift:]

Given to me at Svenoaks by Hans Christian Andersen, on the occasion of his stay at my fathers house there

George Bentley

Tekst fra: Solveig Brunholm (microfilmscan 94. 404)