GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Witley, 8 July 1878
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Witley, 8 July 1878
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Witley, 8 July 1878
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon
Date(s)
- 1878-07-08
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Witley, 8 July 1878
MS: Berg Collection, New York Public Library.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
July 8. 78.
Dearest Barbara
I received this morning the carefully packed fan, which I feel renewed compunction for having teazed you about. I imagine poor Miss Marks having made explorations for it in your drawers or boxes and feel myself ignobly indebted as one who has been more considerate of her own small wants than of others' trouble. By post I return the beautiful Sandalwood Fan which was a too valuable object of barter for my old trumpery, the sole attraction of this latter being that it has the telescope structure now difficult to find and especially convenient to one of my dropping-all-things-from-hands-and-lap propensity, because it passes easily into my pocket.
Is it not a comfort for each of us separately and the country generally that the sunshine is come back? Mr. Lewes has been gouty and I bilious, so I dare say you have had the advantage of us lately and will soon make us look, as usual, pitiable by the side of you. With best love
Yours ever
Marian.
MS: Berg Collection, New York Public Library.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
July 8. 78.
Dearest Barbara
I received this morning the carefully packed fan, which I feel renewed compunction for having teazed you about. I imagine poor Miss Marks having made explorations for it in your drawers or boxes and feel myself ignobly indebted as one who has been more considerate of her own small wants than of others' trouble. By post I return the beautiful Sandalwood Fan which was a too valuable object of barter for my old trumpery, the sole attraction of this latter being that it has the telescope structure now difficult to find and especially convenient to one of my dropping-all-things-from-hands-and-lap propensity, because it passes easily into my pocket.
Is it not a comfort for each of us separately and the country generally that the sunshine is come back? Mr. Lewes has been gouty and I bilious, so I dare say you have had the advantage of us lately and will soon make us look, as usual, pitiable by the side of you. With best love
Yours ever
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Witley, 8 July 1878, 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/93112