GE to Mrs. Charles Lee Lewes, London, 5 July [1867]
Title
GE to Mrs. Charles Lee Lewes, London, 5 July [1867]
Title
GE to Mrs. Charles Lee Lewes, London, 5 July [1867]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Charles Lee Lewes
Date(s)
- 1867-07-05
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Charles Lee Lewes, London, 5 July [1867]
MS: Mrs. Carrington Ouvry. Endorsed: /67. Published: Paterson, pp. 128-129.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
July 5.
Dearest Chick
Your letter dated July 1 has just come to me. Pater says "Yes" about the window, but also says, "Of course no step of that sort must be taken until there is certainty about the lodgings."
I had it in my mind to make a bundle of clothes and carry them to you as soon as I could on my return. As I employ Eliza 641 to work for me and help her in that way, it will perhaps be better not to complicate our relations by gifts, and to let those go entirely through your sisters. I have two good dresses which may go to the Bains.
We are enchanted with Niton, and like our good Mrs. Newnham and her cream very much. It is not at all warm here, but the weather is on the whole good.
You are quite right, dear about the translation. 642 It would have been injudicious for Charley to be making himself intimate with foreign idioms just when he is wanting to improve his English.
Best love to the dear older generation. 643 We were talking of them and their virtues at breakfast this morning. So they can reflect, if they will that the good of their lives reaches all the way to Niton.
Pater joins in all love. In haste, dearest child,
Your loving
Mutter.
MS: Mrs. Carrington Ouvry. Endorsed: /67. Published: Paterson, pp. 128-129.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
July 5.
Dearest Chick
Your letter dated July 1 has just come to me. Pater says "Yes" about the window, but also says, "Of course no step of that sort must be taken until there is certainty about the lodgings."
I had it in my mind to make a bundle of clothes and carry them to you as soon as I could on my return. As I employ Eliza 641 to work for me and help her in that way, it will perhaps be better not to complicate our relations by gifts, and to let those go entirely through your sisters. I have two good dresses which may go to the Bains.
We are enchanted with Niton, and like our good Mrs. Newnham and her cream very much. It is not at all warm here, but the weather is on the whole good.
You are quite right, dear about the translation. 642 It would have been injudicious for Charley to be making himself intimate with foreign idioms just when he is wanting to improve his English.
Best love to the dear older generation. 643 We were talking of them and their virtues at breakfast this morning. So they can reflect, if they will that the good of their lives reaches all the way to Niton.
Pater joins in all love. In haste, dearest child,
Your loving
Mutter.
Signature
Mutter.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Charles Lee Lewes, London, 5 July [1867], 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/93343