GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 22 October 1869

GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 22 October 1869

George Eliot

Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon

London

GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 22 October 1869
MS: Mr. Philip Leigh-Smith. Hitherto unpublished.
North Bank. | October 22. 69.
Dearest Barbara
Thanks for your tender words. It has cut deeper than I expected -- that he is gone and I can never make him feel my love any more. Just now all else seems trivial compared with the powers of delighting and soothing a heart that is in need.
We go tomorrow morning to Limpsfield, in Surrey, to nice people in an old-fashioned farm house, that we knew of beforehand. 112 It is an unspeakable comfort to have an immediate retreat. Later on, we shall perhaps go to the Isle of Wight, but, just now we are unequal to journeying and arrangements with new people.
Ever yours affectionately
M. E. Lewes.

M. E. Lewes.

George Eliot, GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, 22 October 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/93046