GE to Charles Bray, Wandsworth, [24 June 1859]
Title
GE to Charles Bray, Wandsworth, [24 June 1859]
Title
GE to Charles Bray, Wandsworth, [24 June 1859]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Charles Bray
Date(s)
- 1859-06-24
Place
Wandsworth
Letter Content
GE to Charles Bray, Wandsworth, [24 June 1859]
MS: Yale, on verso of GHL's letter to Bray. Hitherto unpublished.
Dear Friend
Pardon me for troubling you with a few words just to say that I am uneasy at having listened with apparent acquiescence to statements about poor Agnes 168 which a little quiet reflection has convinced me are mingled with falsehood -- I fear of a base sort. And I am also angry with myself for having spoken of her faults -- quite uselessly -- to you and Cara. All such talk is futile. And I always hate myself after such attempts to vindicate one person at the expense of another. Justice is never secured in that way -- perhaps not in any other. So much, not to remove any impression from your two minds -- but to satisfy myself by protesting against a momentary acceptance of gratuitous evil speaking either by myself or others.
Yours --
M. L.
MS: Yale, on verso of GHL's letter to Bray. Hitherto unpublished.
Dear Friend
Pardon me for troubling you with a few words just to say that I am uneasy at having listened with apparent acquiescence to statements about poor Agnes 168 which a little quiet reflection has convinced me are mingled with falsehood -- I fear of a base sort. And I am also angry with myself for having spoken of her faults -- quite uselessly -- to you and Cara. All such talk is futile. And I always hate myself after such attempts to vindicate one person at the expense of another. Justice is never secured in that way -- perhaps not in any other. So much, not to remove any impression from your two minds -- but to satisfy myself by protesting against a momentary acceptance of gratuitous evil speaking either by myself or others.
Yours --
M. L.
Signature
M. L.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Charles Bray, Wandsworth, [24 June 1859], Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/92179