Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon to GE, Hastings, 8 May [1880]

Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon to GE, Hastings, 8 May [1880]

Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon

George Eliot

Hastings

Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon to GE, Hastings, 8 May [1880]
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Robertson Terrace | Hastings | May 8th.
My dearest Marian
I have been away from home to Eastbourne and did not have my letters, but I dare say you have written to me and I may see the letter tonight.
My dear I hope and I think you will [be] happy.
Tell Johnny Cross I should have done exactly what he has done if you would have let me and I had been a man.
You see I know all love is so different that I do not see it unnatural to love in new ways -- not to be unfaithful to any memory.
If I knew Mr. Lewes he would be glad as I am that you have [a] new friend.
I was glad to hear you were going to Italy but I did not guess this. My love to your friend if you will.
Your loving
Barbara.

Barbara.

Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon to GE, Hastings, 8 May [1880], 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/95540