GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, [4 June 1876]
Title
GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, [4 June 1876]
Title
GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, [4 June 1876]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Elma Stuart
Date(s)
- 1876-06-04
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, [4 June 1876]
MS: British Museum. Published: Stuart, pp. 57-58.
The Priory | Sunday Evening.
Dearest Elma
I have been rather melancholy ever since you left, 492 that your visit was spoiled. For me, at least; because I could not say one word to you of my gratitude for all your goodness to me in sending me deliciously warm things from Scotland and thinking of me in all tender ways. Also, this sense of hurry and uneasiness made me distraite when I was parting with you, and you may have thought my manner coldly preoccupied when I was really feeling annoyed that your visit was ending without my having had any opportunity of showing you what was in my heart. And it is all without remedy now!
The most satisfactory part of an unsatisfactory business is that I made the acquaintance of gentle Mrs. Menzies.
These useless words are written as a relief to myself -- before going to bed. Perhaps it may be a needful explanation of my general dulness that I had some aching of the gums all the afternoon -- an unpleasant symptom which has been teazing me for the last week. Such are the griefs of
Your loving mother
M. E. Lewes.
MS: British Museum. Published: Stuart, pp. 57-58.
The Priory | Sunday Evening.
Dearest Elma
I have been rather melancholy ever since you left, 492 that your visit was spoiled. For me, at least; because I could not say one word to you of my gratitude for all your goodness to me in sending me deliciously warm things from Scotland and thinking of me in all tender ways. Also, this sense of hurry and uneasiness made me distraite when I was parting with you, and you may have thought my manner coldly preoccupied when I was really feeling annoyed that your visit was ending without my having had any opportunity of showing you what was in my heart. And it is all without remedy now!
The most satisfactory part of an unsatisfactory business is that I made the acquaintance of gentle Mrs. Menzies.
These useless words are written as a relief to myself -- before going to bed. Perhaps it may be a needful explanation of my general dulness that I had some aching of the gums all the afternoon -- an unpleasant symptom which has been teazing me for the last week. Such are the griefs of
Your loving mother
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, [4 June 1876], 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/93387