GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 19 May 1877
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 19 May 1877
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 19 May 1877
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon
Date(s)
- 1877-05-19
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 19 May 1877
MS: Mr. Philip Leigh-Smith. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
May 19. 77.
My dear Barbara
I have been rather annoyed by Mr. Lewes having told me only yesterday that some unpleasantness had arisen between Miss Bernard and the students at Girton about the invitation sent to me. 679 This puts me in rather an unpleasant position, for in accepting the invitation (conditionally), I promised to write to Miss M'fcller 680 whenever I went to
Cambridge, and propose a day and hour for my visit. What am I to do now? We are engaged to go to Mr. Sidgwick's on the 31st. If I don't keep my word to Miss M'fcller, will she understand that you have communicated the state of the case to me? Or will you write to her and tell her why I remain silent?
Mr. Lewes says that you suggested my calling simply to see the college in the ordinary way, but this affair with Miss Bernard makes me disinclined to appear there at all. All I desire is to be set right with Miss M'fcller, towards whom I feel in danger of seeming to act very unscrupulously. I am sorry to trouble you, but I can see no way out of the disagreeable position I am in without learning more from you.
We are going to start for Oxford but shall be at home again on Tuesday evening.
Your loving
Marian.
MS: Mr. Philip Leigh-Smith. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
May 19. 77.
My dear Barbara
I have been rather annoyed by Mr. Lewes having told me only yesterday that some unpleasantness had arisen between Miss Bernard and the students at Girton about the invitation sent to me. 679 This puts me in rather an unpleasant position, for in accepting the invitation (conditionally), I promised to write to Miss M'fcller 680 whenever I went to
Cambridge, and propose a day and hour for my visit. What am I to do now? We are engaged to go to Mr. Sidgwick's on the 31st. If I don't keep my word to Miss M'fcller, will she understand that you have communicated the state of the case to me? Or will you write to her and tell her why I remain silent?
Mr. Lewes says that you suggested my calling simply to see the college in the ordinary way, but this affair with Miss Bernard makes me disinclined to appear there at all. All I desire is to be set right with Miss M'fcller, towards whom I feel in danger of seeming to act very unscrupulously. I am sorry to trouble you, but I can see no way out of the disagreeable position I am in without learning more from you.
We are going to start for Oxford but shall be at home again on Tuesday evening.
Your loving
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 19 May 1877, 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/93041