GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, [Wandsworth], 27 July [1859]
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, [Wandsworth], 27 July [1859]
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, [Wandsworth], 27 July [1859]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon
Date(s)
- 1859-07-27
Place
Wandsworth
Letter Content
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, [Wandsworth], 27 July [1859]
MS: Huntington Library. Hitherto unpublished.
Wednesday, July 27.
My dear Barbara
I sent you a note to Blandford Square the day after our return, but your letter from the Isle of Wight this morning gives me a delightful reason for writing again.
Come on Sunday, without fail. I shall not lose the sense that you are coming, all the week, in spite of a real pug, who is coming too -- a present to the Author of A.B. in compensation for lost friends. But don't look for me at the railway station, because that spoils my morning's work. By the time you get here (coming by your usual train) I shall be at liberty without pangs of conscience. But do come to us for the whole day.
From what I have gathered concerning Miss Bailey, 231 I think I should like to know her very much, but we will talk more of her on Sunday -- unless you wish to give her an answer before. In that case I think you may safely say '91yes,'92 for if you had thought I should not like her, you would have warned me.
Of course we shall go and see your pictures. 232 George told me the other day, when he had been in town, that he had seen your name in large letters on a walking "sandwich," and we were not without sensations at your having that honourable publicity. It is really a step to have your pictures hung together in a regular gallery where you have an illustrious predecessor. 233
Yes! I know Niton, and am glad to think that you have been so quietly there. I thought your time in the country was likely to be made less of a rest by family duties. Come!
Ever your affectionate
Marian.
MS: Huntington Library. Hitherto unpublished.
Wednesday, July 27.
My dear Barbara
I sent you a note to Blandford Square the day after our return, but your letter from the Isle of Wight this morning gives me a delightful reason for writing again.
Come on Sunday, without fail. I shall not lose the sense that you are coming, all the week, in spite of a real pug, who is coming too -- a present to the Author of A.B. in compensation for lost friends. But don't look for me at the railway station, because that spoils my morning's work. By the time you get here (coming by your usual train) I shall be at liberty without pangs of conscience. But do come to us for the whole day.
From what I have gathered concerning Miss Bailey, 231 I think I should like to know her very much, but we will talk more of her on Sunday -- unless you wish to give her an answer before. In that case I think you may safely say '91yes,'92 for if you had thought I should not like her, you would have warned me.
Of course we shall go and see your pictures. 232 George told me the other day, when he had been in town, that he had seen your name in large letters on a walking "sandwich," and we were not without sensations at your having that honourable publicity. It is really a step to have your pictures hung together in a regular gallery where you have an illustrious predecessor. 233
Yes! I know Niton, and am glad to think that you have been so quietly there. I thought your time in the country was likely to be made less of a rest by family duties. Come!
Ever your affectionate
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, [Wandsworth], 27 July [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/92981