GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, [14 May 1869]
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, [14 May 1869]
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, [14 May 1869]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon
Date(s)
- 1869-05-14
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, [14 May 1869]
MS: Mr. Philip Leigh-Smith. Hitherto unpublished.
Dearest B.
I feared, after you were gone, that I had seemed to urge your coming in a selfish sort of way, and before your note came I was going to write to you to say, that you must only think of us as not the less glad to have you because there was an invalid in the house. Do not bind yourself (in your own mind, I mean) to come always on Monday or Thursday, but come on those days when there is nothing else claiming you.
I am in excellent spirit this morning. Thornie has passed another day and night without pain, and looks in every sign better.
Yours lovingly and gratefully
Marian.
MS: Mr. Philip Leigh-Smith. Hitherto unpublished.
Dearest B.
I feared, after you were gone, that I had seemed to urge your coming in a selfish sort of way, and before your note came I was going to write to you to say, that you must only think of us as not the less glad to have you because there was an invalid in the house. Do not bind yourself (in your own mind, I mean) to come always on Monday or Thursday, but come on those days when there is nothing else claiming you.
I am in excellent spirit this morning. Thornie has passed another day and night without pain, and looks in every sign better.
Yours lovingly and gratefully
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, [14 May 1869], 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/92994