GHL to Mrs. William Cross, London, [29 October 1871]
Title
GHL to Mrs. William Cross, London, [29 October 1871]
Title
GHL to Mrs. William Cross, London, [29 October 1871]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Mrs. William Cross
Date(s)
- 1871-10-29
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to Mrs. William Cross, London, [29 October 1871]
MS: Bryn Mawr College.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Sunday.
Dear Friends
You will rejoice to hear that although Mrs. Lewes was rather knocked up by the journey she is this morning quite vigorous and feels the good effect of her visit. ("Letter of thanks" will come in due time -- but I must "give my whole mind to it.") Indeed I have just been describing our visit 56 to one of her dear friends as a tonic compounded of high feeding, high adoration, high falutin', and a general sense that to be at Weybridge where "you may ring your bell at 3 in the morning and get beef tea or your corns cut," is eminently calculated to restore the vital vigor.
You cannot imagine what a sense we had of the presence of all of your ghosts at our solitary dinner table. Ghosts of jokes were saluted with ghostly laughter -- unco' gash, perhaps yet as warming as toddy.
I have packed up Tourgu'e9neff 57 and S'e9raphine, 58 and they will go by Rail.
My minister of the Interior is quiet and rational again; whereas up to yesterday he was more like the interior of a minister. There was an intimation of another and a hotter world which was more theological than I could fairly appreciate.
Polly sends a handful of loves and kisses, which you will distribute for her. As for me the vision of the Salt Lake which I had, though but in a glimpse, beatifies Weybridge, and raises severe doubts respecting the selfishness of the American government in arresting Brigham Young. 59
But I must get down Johnson's Dictionary and the Polite Letter Writer and compose the Letter of Thanks which you were promised. God bless you all
Ever yours affectionately
G. H. Lewes.
MS: Bryn Mawr College.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Sunday.
Dear Friends
You will rejoice to hear that although Mrs. Lewes was rather knocked up by the journey she is this morning quite vigorous and feels the good effect of her visit. ("Letter of thanks" will come in due time -- but I must "give my whole mind to it.") Indeed I have just been describing our visit 56 to one of her dear friends as a tonic compounded of high feeding, high adoration, high falutin', and a general sense that to be at Weybridge where "you may ring your bell at 3 in the morning and get beef tea or your corns cut," is eminently calculated to restore the vital vigor.
You cannot imagine what a sense we had of the presence of all of your ghosts at our solitary dinner table. Ghosts of jokes were saluted with ghostly laughter -- unco' gash, perhaps yet as warming as toddy.
I have packed up Tourgu'e9neff 57 and S'e9raphine, 58 and they will go by Rail.
My minister of the Interior is quiet and rational again; whereas up to yesterday he was more like the interior of a minister. There was an intimation of another and a hotter world which was more theological than I could fairly appreciate.
Polly sends a handful of loves and kisses, which you will distribute for her. As for me the vision of the Salt Lake which I had, though but in a glimpse, beatifies Weybridge, and raises severe doubts respecting the selfishness of the American government in arresting Brigham Young. 59
But I must get down Johnson's Dictionary and the Polite Letter Writer and compose the Letter of Thanks which you were promised. God bless you all
Ever yours affectionately
G. H. Lewes.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Mrs. William Cross, London, [29 October 1871], 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/94966