GE to Matilda Betham Edwards, London, 5 January 1872
Title
GE to Matilda Betham Edwards, London, 5 January 1872
Title
GE to Matilda Betham Edwards, London, 5 January 1872
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Matilda Betham Edwards
Date(s)
- 1872-01-05
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Matilda Betham Edwards, London, 5 January 1872
Text: Matilda Betham-Edwards, Mid-Victorian Memories, 1919, p. 67.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
January 5, 1872.
My Dear Miss Edwards,
We have been to Weybridge for a few days, and I did not succeed in finding a few minutes to thank you for your letter on Monday morning before we set out.
Any sign of remembrance from you will always be welcome, even without such sweet and encouraging words as you wrote about what I have done.
I am rather a wretch just now, apt to be more conscious of a disordered liver than of all the better things in the world. I hope you are freer than you were from such bodily drawbacks. Madame Belloc assured me that you were, and that you looked unusually strong.
Mr. Lewes and I often revive the memory of you with pleasure (it is about the anniversary of our acquaintance with you); 431 he unites his wishes with mine that the year may bring you new blessings.
Always yours sincerely,
M. E. Lewes.
Text: Matilda Betham-Edwards, Mid-Victorian Memories, 1919, p. 67.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
January 5, 1872.
My Dear Miss Edwards,
We have been to Weybridge for a few days, and I did not succeed in finding a few minutes to thank you for your letter on Monday morning before we set out.
Any sign of remembrance from you will always be welcome, even without such sweet and encouraging words as you wrote about what I have done.
I am rather a wretch just now, apt to be more conscious of a disordered liver than of all the better things in the world. I hope you are freer than you were from such bodily drawbacks. Madame Belloc assured me that you were, and that you looked unusually strong.
Mr. Lewes and I often revive the memory of you with pleasure (it is about the anniversary of our acquaintance with you); 431 he unites his wishes with mine that the year may bring you new blessings.
Always yours sincerely,
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Matilda Betham Edwards, London, 5 January 1872, 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/92963