GE to Mrs. Frederick Lehmann, London, 28 July 1867
Title
GE to Mrs. Frederick Lehmann, London, 28 July 1867
Title
GE to Mrs. Frederick Lehmann, London, 28 July 1867
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Frederick Lehmann
Date(s)
- 1867-07-28
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Frederick Lehmann, London, 28 July 1867
MS: W. & R. Chambers Ltd., Edinburgh.
The Priory | 21. North Bank | Regents Park.
July 28. 67.
My dear Friend
Your letter was a relief from many painful thoughts about you, and I am especially glad that you waited to tell me what the Doctors said, so that you could give me a plan of your movements for the next two months. I like to be able to imagine where you are, and what sort of prospect is before you. We have seen little of each other, but then that little was under circumstances which interested me more than very lengthy intercourse with other people has often done. 761 And these long separations from your home and husband are just the trouble into which I can best enter, of all troubles in the world. And so I bear you in mind very tenderly.
We too, are going away tomorrow evening -- to North Germany. At present, we do not say that we shall go farther than Dresden, but we shall let ourselves be determined by future [inclina]tions. We expect to be at [home] again by the end of September.
I am the most insubstantial of friends to you at present, but when I come back, I hope I may put my hand in yours and kiss you -- and then we will talk a little together.
George joins me in love to you and your husband, and I am always
Yours affectionately,
M. E. Lewes.
MS: W. & R. Chambers Ltd., Edinburgh.
The Priory | 21. North Bank | Regents Park.
July 28. 67.
My dear Friend
Your letter was a relief from many painful thoughts about you, and I am especially glad that you waited to tell me what the Doctors said, so that you could give me a plan of your movements for the next two months. I like to be able to imagine where you are, and what sort of prospect is before you. We have seen little of each other, but then that little was under circumstances which interested me more than very lengthy intercourse with other people has often done. 761 And these long separations from your home and husband are just the trouble into which I can best enter, of all troubles in the world. And so I bear you in mind very tenderly.
We too, are going away tomorrow evening -- to North Germany. At present, we do not say that we shall go farther than Dresden, but we shall let ourselves be determined by future [inclina]tions. We expect to be at [home] again by the end of September.
I am the most insubstantial of friends to you at present, but when I come back, I hope I may put my hand in yours and kiss you -- and then we will talk a little together.
George joins me in love to you and your husband, and I am always
Yours affectionately,
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Frederick Lehmann, London, 28 July 1867, 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/93452