GE to Oscar Browning, Limpsfield, 6 November 1869
Title
GE to Oscar Browning, Limpsfield, 6 November 1869
Title
GE to Oscar Browning, Limpsfield, 6 November 1869
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Oscar Browning
Date(s)
- 1869-11-06
Place
Limpsfield
Letter Content
GE to Oscar Browning, Limpsfield, 6 November 1869
MS: Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California. Hitherto unpublished.
Park Farm | Limpsfield | Surrey | November 6. 69.
My dear Mr. Browning
Forgive me that I did not write to tell you of my having received the slippers. 113 I have no excuse but this -- that they came at a time when I was shattered in body and mind.
Mr. Lewes felt that it was necessary to keep me from seeing or doing anything that would heighten the strength of home associations, and when we came here he ordered that no letters should be sent on to us. It is only this morning that we have received from our eldest son some letters and messages requiring answers.
But my trouble has made me not the less, but the more susceptible to your kindness in thinking of me at a distance. The slippers are beautiful, and when I have worn them to the utmost I shall preserve them as relics -- (I am very fond of relics).
Believe me, I am sincerely grateful to you for this and all the other attentions by which you have made our first acquaintance a more and more pleasant date in my remembrance.
Mr. Lewes unites with me in kindest regards and I am
Always yours sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California. Hitherto unpublished.
Park Farm | Limpsfield | Surrey | November 6. 69.
My dear Mr. Browning
Forgive me that I did not write to tell you of my having received the slippers. 113 I have no excuse but this -- that they came at a time when I was shattered in body and mind.
Mr. Lewes felt that it was necessary to keep me from seeing or doing anything that would heighten the strength of home associations, and when we came here he ordered that no letters should be sent on to us. It is only this morning that we have received from our eldest son some letters and messages requiring answers.
But my trouble has made me not the less, but the more susceptible to your kindness in thinking of me at a distance. The slippers are beautiful, and when I have worn them to the utmost I shall preserve them as relics -- (I am very fond of relics).
Believe me, I am sincerely grateful to you for this and all the other attentions by which you have made our first acquaintance a more and more pleasant date in my remembrance.
Mr. Lewes unites with me in kindest regards and I am
Always yours sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Oscar Browning, Limpsfield, 6 November 1869, 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/93752