GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Witley, 7 November 1880
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Witley, 7 November 1880
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Witley, 7 November 1880
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon
Date(s)
- 1880-11-07
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Witley, 7 November 1880MS: Parrish Collection, Princeton. Hitherto unpublished.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
November 7. 1880.
My dear Barbara
Three weeks ago I had a rather troublesome attack but I am getting well now, though still reduced and comparatively weak. We shall probably linger here till near the end of the month, for the autumnal landscape is very beautiful and I am not yet quite fit for the exertion of moving. Mr. Cross has nursed me as if he had been a wife nursing a husband, never leaving me except to get his walk. He has turned woodman lately and has been cutting away some of the too abundant fir trees which made an ugly mass and line against the sky. I think you will find the clearance an improvement.
Miss Marks' good prospect for her final examination is very good news to me. I wonder how her sister is going on? You will perhaps think of telling me when you happen to write again. 489
It is a comfort to think that you can be very snug through the winter in your nice house and with the maid who I hope is as suitable as ever. What a pity we are not within an easy, driving distance from you!
Mr. Hall is here today. He gave a lecture on Leclaire the house-painter in Paris who initiated an excellent plan of co-operative sharing for his workmen. 490 It has been printed, and when I have another copy
I will send it you. Leclaire is mentioned by John S. Mill in the notes to his Political Economy, but had not been otherwise taken much notice of. Still, you may know all about him.
Ever thine
Marian.
Mr. Cross is just gone out walking with Mr. Hall, else he would want to send a message.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
November 7. 1880.
My dear Barbara
Three weeks ago I had a rather troublesome attack but I am getting well now, though still reduced and comparatively weak. We shall probably linger here till near the end of the month, for the autumnal landscape is very beautiful and I am not yet quite fit for the exertion of moving. Mr. Cross has nursed me as if he had been a wife nursing a husband, never leaving me except to get his walk. He has turned woodman lately and has been cutting away some of the too abundant fir trees which made an ugly mass and line against the sky. I think you will find the clearance an improvement.
Miss Marks' good prospect for her final examination is very good news to me. I wonder how her sister is going on? You will perhaps think of telling me when you happen to write again. 489
It is a comfort to think that you can be very snug through the winter in your nice house and with the maid who I hope is as suitable as ever. What a pity we are not within an easy, driving distance from you!
Mr. Hall is here today. He gave a lecture on Leclaire the house-painter in Paris who initiated an excellent plan of co-operative sharing for his workmen. 490 It has been printed, and when I have another copy
I will send it you. Leclaire is mentioned by John S. Mill in the notes to his Political Economy, but had not been otherwise taken much notice of. Still, you may know all about him.
Ever thine
Marian.
Mr. Cross is just gone out walking with Mr. Hall, else he would want to send a message.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Witley, 7 November 1880, 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/93111