Itwouldbeimpossibleforthemostindolentreaderorcritictoattributeit，evenifanonymous，toanotherparentage。ColeridgealludessomewheretocertainversesofWordsworth’s，withthedeclarationthatifhehadmetthemhowlinginthedeserthewouldhaverecognisedtheirauthorship。
“Fifine“wouldnotevenhavetohowl。
BrowningwasvisitingPorniconeautumn，whenhesawthegipsywhowastheoriginalof“Fifine“。InthewordsofMrs。Orr，“hisfancywasevidentlysetroamingbythegipsy’saudacity，herstrength
thecontrastwhichshepresentedtothemorespiritualtypesofwomanhood；
andthiscontrasteventuallyfoundexpressioninapathetictheoryoflife，inwhichtheseoppositetypesandtheircorrespondingmodesofattractionbecamethenecessarycomplementofeachother。Ashelaiddownthetheory，Mr。Browningwouldbespeakinginhisownperson。Buthewouldturnintosomeoneelseintheactofworkingitoutforitinsensiblycarriedwithitapleaforyieldingtothoseoppositeattractions，notonlysuccessively，butatthesametime；andamodifiedDonJuanwouldgrowupunderhispen。“