GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Wandsworth, 16 June 1859
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Wandsworth, 16 June 1859
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Wandsworth, 16 June 1859
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1859-06-16
Place
Wandsworth
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Wandsworth, 16 June 1859
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Holly Lodge | June 16. 59.
Dear Sara
I made almost sure of a letter from you this morning telling me at least where you would lodge at Sydenham -- but no letter is come.
I don't want to be a troublesome friend, too urgent with my propositions; but if you would like to see me, I am anxious you should understand that I will leave nothing undone on my part to further our meeting under the most propitious circumstances. I only wish we had so little business and so many bedrooms that you could have made our house your home.
If you approve, and, having lodgings at Sydenham, would let us know where they are, we should set off by an early train on Monday, reach Sydenham at 10.20, and spend the time with you in the gardens or elsewhere till we took our places. And I hope I need hardly say, that any time you could give me at our own house, away from more attractive pleasures, would be a welcome treat to me. Mr. Lewes waits to carry my letter to the post. I hope it will be in time to catch you before you set off. But I think your disinclination to letter writing must be getting to the point of serious disease.
Ever yours
Marian. 160
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Holly Lodge | June 16. 59.
Dear Sara
I made almost sure of a letter from you this morning telling me at least where you would lodge at Sydenham -- but no letter is come.
I don't want to be a troublesome friend, too urgent with my propositions; but if you would like to see me, I am anxious you should understand that I will leave nothing undone on my part to further our meeting under the most propitious circumstances. I only wish we had so little business and so many bedrooms that you could have made our house your home.
If you approve, and, having lodgings at Sydenham, would let us know where they are, we should set off by an early train on Monday, reach Sydenham at 10.20, and spend the time with you in the gardens or elsewhere till we took our places. And I hope I need hardly say, that any time you could give me at our own house, away from more attractive pleasures, would be a welcome treat to me. Mr. Lewes waits to carry my letter to the post. I hope it will be in time to catch you before you set off. But I think your disinclination to letter writing must be getting to the point of serious disease.
Ever yours
Marian. 160
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Wandsworth, 16 June 1859, 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/94129