GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, 3 October 1879
Title
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, 3 October 1879
Title
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, 3 October 1879
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Charles Lee Lewes
Date(s)
- 1879-10-03
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, 3 October 1879
MS: Yale. Published: Paterson, p. 205.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
October 3. 79.
Dearest Boy
I was not quite so well last week, but the ailment did not amount to a [relapse] and I am pretty well again now -- expecting you tomorrow and particularly desiring you to come. There is a paper about the Succession Duty to fill up, and you will have to get the items of information about value, rent etc.
Also, your Aunt Susanna wrote to me at the beginning of the week saying that Vivian wanted to know if he might bring his wife here. 323 I wrote to invite them to lunch and dinner tomorrow, feeling that your and Gertrude's presence at dinner would make the visit more lively for them and less wearisome to me. There is a Michaelmas goose to allure you, and I trust that the heavens have wept their fill for a few days.
I am ashamed to tell you that I had brought Kussmaul down! Another time you will tell me to look again before I torment you.
Your loving
Mutter.
MS: Yale. Published: Paterson, p. 205.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
October 3. 79.
Dearest Boy
I was not quite so well last week, but the ailment did not amount to a [relapse] and I am pretty well again now -- expecting you tomorrow and particularly desiring you to come. There is a paper about the Succession Duty to fill up, and you will have to get the items of information about value, rent etc.
Also, your Aunt Susanna wrote to me at the beginning of the week saying that Vivian wanted to know if he might bring his wife here. 323 I wrote to invite them to lunch and dinner tomorrow, feeling that your and Gertrude's presence at dinner would make the visit more lively for them and less wearisome to me. There is a Michaelmas goose to allure you, and I trust that the heavens have wept their fill for a few days.
I am ashamed to tell you that I had brought Kussmaul down! Another time you will tell me to look again before I torment you.
Your loving
Mutter.
Signature
Mutter.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, 3 October 1879, Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/92245