GE to Francois D'albert-Durade, London, 25 April 1871
Title
GE to Francois D'albert-Durade, London, 25 April 1871
Title
GE to Francois D'albert-Durade, London, 25 April 1871
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Francois D'albert-Durade
Date(s)
- 1871-04-25
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Francois D'albert-Durade, London, 25 April 1871
Text: Copy by D'Albert-Durade in Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory | North Bank | Regent's Park | April 25. 71.
My dear Friend
Mr. L'fcltze 267 has just been here, bringing your letter of introduction, and I hope that we have been able to furnish him with opportunities of making some valuable acquaintances in London. We ourselves have taken a house in the country that we may vacate our house here for the builders and painters who are going to make alterations. But we shall be at home one more Sunday, which is our day of reception, and we have asked Mr. L'fcltze to come on that day, whe[n] we hope to introduce him to a gentleman also interested in national legends who is attached to the British Museum and may help Mr. L. there. 268
I was startled to find that you were wondering at my silence; for I was under the impression that I was not in your debt as a correspondent. I trust that my letter last-written has not failed to reach you.
We enter with much fellow-feeling into your and Madame D'Albert's anxiety about your sons, settled as they are in unhappy France, alas, poor country! I love the French and am grateful to them for what they have contributed to the mind of Europe, feeling that the Good outweighs the Evil. The sad prospect of calamities yet to be heaped on what they have already endured makes the reading of the news and correspondence in the journals a daily grief.
We are much in need of repose and shall enjoy getting into the country among the peaceful Surrey hills and heaths.
I have your letter of the 12th of March before me in which you tell me much pleasant news about Mr. Charles and his elder brother. I trust no public events will long becloud their happiness.
Our children are also sources of satisfaction to us, and we feel that we have a large share in the moderate store of human happiness. I write as if in the dark, not knowing what I have told you before. But pray, dear friend, take this half letter as an assurance that I did not intend to neglect any letter of yours which seemed to ask an answer. For though I am not a diligent correspondent, I have a conscience about answering letters. Give my tender love to Madame D'Albert and assure her of Mr. Lewes's respectful remembrance; he bears all those persons in his heart who have been good to me. And you too are one of these, dear friend.
Believe me ever yours affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
Text: Copy by D'Albert-Durade in Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory | North Bank | Regent's Park | April 25. 71.
My dear Friend
Mr. L'fcltze 267 has just been here, bringing your letter of introduction, and I hope that we have been able to furnish him with opportunities of making some valuable acquaintances in London. We ourselves have taken a house in the country that we may vacate our house here for the builders and painters who are going to make alterations. But we shall be at home one more Sunday, which is our day of reception, and we have asked Mr. L'fcltze to come on that day, whe[n] we hope to introduce him to a gentleman also interested in national legends who is attached to the British Museum and may help Mr. L. there. 268
I was startled to find that you were wondering at my silence; for I was under the impression that I was not in your debt as a correspondent. I trust that my letter last-written has not failed to reach you.
We enter with much fellow-feeling into your and Madame D'Albert's anxiety about your sons, settled as they are in unhappy France, alas, poor country! I love the French and am grateful to them for what they have contributed to the mind of Europe, feeling that the Good outweighs the Evil. The sad prospect of calamities yet to be heaped on what they have already endured makes the reading of the news and correspondence in the journals a daily grief.
We are much in need of repose and shall enjoy getting into the country among the peaceful Surrey hills and heaths.
I have your letter of the 12th of March before me in which you tell me much pleasant news about Mr. Charles and his elder brother. I trust no public events will long becloud their happiness.
Our children are also sources of satisfaction to us, and we feel that we have a large share in the moderate store of human happiness. I write as if in the dark, not knowing what I have told you before. But pray, dear friend, take this half letter as an assurance that I did not intend to neglect any letter of yours which seemed to ask an answer. For though I am not a diligent correspondent, I have a conscience about answering letters. Give my tender love to Madame D'Albert and assure her of Mr. Lewes's respectful remembrance; he bears all those persons in his heart who have been good to me. And you too are one of these, dear friend.
Believe me ever yours affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Francois D'albert-Durade, London, 25 April 1871, 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/92356