GE to Mme Louis Belloc, London, 2 December 1872
Title
GE to Mme Louis Belloc, London, 2 December 1872
Title
GE to Mme Louis Belloc, London, 2 December 1872
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mme Louis Belloc
Date(s)
- 1872-12-02
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mme Louis Belloc, London, 2 December 1872
MS: The Countess of Iddesleigh. Envelope: Madame Louis Belloc | 16 College Street | Westminster. Endorsed: Not known at 16 Great College St. Postmark: LONDON-N.W | 4 | DE 2 | 72. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
December 2. 72.
My dear Bessie
I am a little behindhand but not the less sincere in saying, welcome to London. I hope you will let me say welcome to this house of ours, without taking it unkindly that I do not go to see you. It is not compatible with the arrangements of my life that I should undertake to pay visits in London, and my friends are all kind enough to come and see me on terms of non-re[ci]procity. If they were not so good, I should be obliged to give up seeing them, having neither time nor strength for the expeditions I must incur in order to return their visits.
But you will always be kept warmly in my heart and very welcome as a sight to me, from my lively memory of past days when you were very good to me. Always, dear,
Your affectionate
Marian.
MS: The Countess of Iddesleigh. Envelope: Madame Louis Belloc | 16 College Street | Westminster. Endorsed: Not known at 16 Great College St. Postmark: LONDON-N.W | 4 | DE 2 | 72. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
December 2. 72.
My dear Bessie
I am a little behindhand but not the less sincere in saying, welcome to London. I hope you will let me say welcome to this house of ours, without taking it unkindly that I do not go to see you. It is not compatible with the arrangements of my life that I should undertake to pay visits in London, and my friends are all kind enough to come and see me on terms of non-re[ci]procity. If they were not so good, I should be obliged to give up seeing them, having neither time nor strength for the expeditions I must incur in order to return their visits.
But you will always be kept warmly in my heart and very welcome as a sight to me, from my lively memory of past days when you were very good to me. Always, dear,
Your affectionate
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mme Louis Belloc, London, 2 December 1872, 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/93115