GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, 23 October 1879
Title
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, 23 October 1879
Title
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, 23 October 1879
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Charles Lee Lewes
Date(s)
- 1879-10-23
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, 23 October 1879
MS: Yale. Published: Paterson, pp. 207-209.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
October 23. 79.
Dearest Boy
I am sorry about Mr. Webb, 335 for the other day when Mr. Hamilton A'efd'e9 336 was here I mentioned Mr. Webb to him, thinking that he would probably remember the successful oriental time. He did remember it. I merely said that Mr. Webb had somehow slipped from the Academy walls and was in need of lessons or other assured work, and Mr. A'efd'e9 said he knew some one who was precisely in want of such lessons as Mr. W. could give -- namely, in water-colour landscape. I asked him to take your address and write to you on the subject, as you would be able to tell him of Mr. W's whereabout and occupations.
There is nothing for which I need trouble you about my return to town. Mrs. Gibson has been getting the house clean, and we shall settle down at once. But the day of our return has been unsettled by a letter from Mr. Jowett proposing to come on the 29th, the former visit having been frustrated. 337 At any rate I shall be in town at the beginning of the first week in November.
Vivian wrote to tell me that I had made a mistake in paying him his interest, since it would not be due till Christmas. I don't know how I came to get the wrong notion into my head -- unless it was owing to a general sense of cheques to be drawn by me on all occasions. In that note, he said that his mother had asked for her money beforehand in order to help them on their wedding journey.
The other day I received from the Priory the enclosed letter from the Comte de Gobineau, 338 addressed of course to your Father. I hardly think it demands any notice, but if you think it better to let him know, write him a brief letter without mentioning me.
We have had some lovely but cold autumnal days, alternating with dullness and less cold. I shall not be sorry to return to town so far as temperature is concerned.
Florence 339 wrote to me the other day and I am not sure whether in answering I told her when I should be in town. If you see her, will you bear it in mind to tell her?
Love to all from
Your loving
Mutter.
MS: Yale. Published: Paterson, pp. 207-209.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
October 23. 79.
Dearest Boy
I am sorry about Mr. Webb, 335 for the other day when Mr. Hamilton A'efd'e9 336 was here I mentioned Mr. Webb to him, thinking that he would probably remember the successful oriental time. He did remember it. I merely said that Mr. Webb had somehow slipped from the Academy walls and was in need of lessons or other assured work, and Mr. A'efd'e9 said he knew some one who was precisely in want of such lessons as Mr. W. could give -- namely, in water-colour landscape. I asked him to take your address and write to you on the subject, as you would be able to tell him of Mr. W's whereabout and occupations.
There is nothing for which I need trouble you about my return to town. Mrs. Gibson has been getting the house clean, and we shall settle down at once. But the day of our return has been unsettled by a letter from Mr. Jowett proposing to come on the 29th, the former visit having been frustrated. 337 At any rate I shall be in town at the beginning of the first week in November.
Vivian wrote to tell me that I had made a mistake in paying him his interest, since it would not be due till Christmas. I don't know how I came to get the wrong notion into my head -- unless it was owing to a general sense of cheques to be drawn by me on all occasions. In that note, he said that his mother had asked for her money beforehand in order to help them on their wedding journey.
The other day I received from the Priory the enclosed letter from the Comte de Gobineau, 338 addressed of course to your Father. I hardly think it demands any notice, but if you think it better to let him know, write him a brief letter without mentioning me.
We have had some lovely but cold autumnal days, alternating with dullness and less cold. I shall not be sorry to return to town so far as temperature is concerned.
Florence 339 wrote to me the other day and I am not sure whether in answering I told her when I should be in town. If you see her, will you bear it in mind to tell her?
Love to all from
Your loving
Mutter.
Signature
Mutter.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, 23 October 1879, 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/92241