GE to Mme Louis Belloc, Witley, 10 July [1877]
Title
GE to Mme Louis Belloc, Witley, 10 July [1877]
Title
GE to Mme Louis Belloc, Witley, 10 July [1877]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mme Louis Belloc
Date(s)
- 1877-07-10
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to Mme Louis Belloc, Witley, 10 July [1877]
MS: The Countess of Iddesleigh. Envelope: Madame Belloc | 17 Wimpole Street | London | W. Postmarks: GODALMING | D | JY 11 | 77; LONDON.W | G7 | JY 12 | 77. Hitherto unpublished.
The Heights | Witley | Godalming | July 10.
Dearest Bessie
Your letter this morning was a blessing, for the last account had thrown me into a state almost of despondency -- we thought the signs of nervous irritability so alarming. But now I can think of our dear Barbara with less of a pang, indeed with the comforting hope that since she has recovered thus far, she will at last be set entirely free from the fetters on her speech. You say nothing about the Doctor, 723 so I am wondering whether he is coming to England or not, and cannot tell myself what to wish on the subject.
I wonder too how you are feeling about French affairs. However, your two little ones and your two venerable ladies 724 connect themselves with interests and feelings happily more stable than forms of political life. I hope you will all prosper in the sunshine.
We delight in this region. It is more beautiful than I had imagined, having both wildness and culture in delightful alternation. I have been souffrante, but am content to bear my share of such trouble, or rather an amount which is much less than my share if there were equal division.
Mr. Lewes brought me in your letter which he had ventured to open seeing where it came from, and he said, "Famous news of Barbara!" with a radiant face. He had almost feared from the last account that some permanent injury had set in.
He sends his best regards and thanks with mine.
Yours ever lovingly
M. E. Lewes.
MS: The Countess of Iddesleigh. Envelope: Madame Belloc | 17 Wimpole Street | London | W. Postmarks: GODALMING | D | JY 11 | 77; LONDON.W | G7 | JY 12 | 77. Hitherto unpublished.
The Heights | Witley | Godalming | July 10.
Dearest Bessie
Your letter this morning was a blessing, for the last account had thrown me into a state almost of despondency -- we thought the signs of nervous irritability so alarming. But now I can think of our dear Barbara with less of a pang, indeed with the comforting hope that since she has recovered thus far, she will at last be set entirely free from the fetters on her speech. You say nothing about the Doctor, 723 so I am wondering whether he is coming to England or not, and cannot tell myself what to wish on the subject.
I wonder too how you are feeling about French affairs. However, your two little ones and your two venerable ladies 724 connect themselves with interests and feelings happily more stable than forms of political life. I hope you will all prosper in the sunshine.
We delight in this region. It is more beautiful than I had imagined, having both wildness and culture in delightful alternation. I have been souffrante, but am content to bear my share of such trouble, or rather an amount which is much less than my share if there were equal division.
Mr. Lewes brought me in your letter which he had ventured to open seeing where it came from, and he said, "Famous news of Barbara!" with a radiant face. He had almost feared from the last account that some permanent injury had set in.
He sends his best regards and thanks with mine.
Yours ever lovingly
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mme Louis Belloc, Witley, 10 July [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/93117