In 1846 FN
met Selina
and Charles Bracebridge
, who later became her travelling companions. She was enchanted with Selina and paid tribute to her in a letter, writing: she is eyes to the blind...
Travel
Florence Nightingale
FN
left England for Rome with her friends Selina
and Charles Bracebridge
to recuperate from emotional and physical collapse.
Brothers, Barbara, and Julia Gergits, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 166. Gale Research, 1996.