GE to Mrs. Henry Crompton, London, 24 March 1875
Title
GE to Mrs. Henry Crompton, London, 24 March 1875
Title
GE to Mrs. Henry Crompton, London, 24 March 1875
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Henry Cromp
Date(s)
- 1875-03-24
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Henry Crompton, London, 24 March 1875
MS: Mr. Samuel L. Fuller. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
March 24. 75.
My dear Mrs. Crompton
I am very glad that you have enabled me to correct the misstatement about your Father. 229 You must have imagined how uncomfortable I was in hearing him spoken of so inadvertently before you. Our friend of course had no knowledge of your relationship, and every one present considered the disgrace of unintelligibility to lie rather in the state of our legal language than in any testator who might have fallen a victim to it.
Still it is a satisfaction to me that I can do something towards arresting a misstatement about one whose memory is so eminently dear to you. I enter fully into your feelings which would not allow you to pass over the matter in silence -- indeed, I think it was your duty to write about it.
Our friend Mr. Cross had so much pleasure in talking to you that I rather pity him for having to feel that anything he had said caused you uneasiness. It was very sweet to have you near me for an hour or two.
Always yours affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
I am much better.
MS: Mr. Samuel L. Fuller. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
March 24. 75.
My dear Mrs. Crompton
I am very glad that you have enabled me to correct the misstatement about your Father. 229 You must have imagined how uncomfortable I was in hearing him spoken of so inadvertently before you. Our friend of course had no knowledge of your relationship, and every one present considered the disgrace of unintelligibility to lie rather in the state of our legal language than in any testator who might have fallen a victim to it.
Still it is a satisfaction to me that I can do something towards arresting a misstatement about one whose memory is so eminently dear to you. I enter fully into your feelings which would not allow you to pass over the matter in silence -- indeed, I think it was your duty to write about it.
Our friend Mr. Cross had so much pleasure in talking to you that I rather pity him for having to feel that anything he had said caused you uneasiness. It was very sweet to have you near me for an hour or two.
Always yours affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
I am much better.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Henry Crompton, London, 24 March 1875, 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/93467