GE to Mrs. Mark Pattison, London, 23 April 1871
Title
GE to Mrs. Mark Pattison, London, 23 April 1871
Title
GE to Mrs. Mark Pattison, London, 23 April 1871
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Mark Pattison
Date(s)
- 1871-04-23
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Mark Pattison, London, 23 April 1871
MS: British Museum. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
April 23. 71.
My dear Mrs. Pattison
Before we go away for four months I want to have some news of you. How is the Rector's health? 266 And what pleasant travel for his benefit have you determined on? You promised to write to me, you know, and I wish to save you from the sin of neglecting that promise.
We have taken a queer little cottage in Surrey -- Brookbank, Shotter's Mill, near Haslemere -- and we shall enter on it at the beginning of May, to remain there while this house is being altered. It (the cottage) stands in the midst of a lovely country, where there are hill tops from which we shall look down on a round horizon. That is worth more to me just now than French plays and operas.
Pray offer my kind regards to the Rector, and tell him I will never again persecute him as I have twice done, on our differences about verse, though of course I believe in his perdition unless he recant. Meanwhile, I heartily wish him recovery from ailments with which I can sympathize.
Always yours affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
P. S. It is wicked, Madam, to forsake and forget your friends.
MS: British Museum. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
April 23. 71.
My dear Mrs. Pattison
Before we go away for four months I want to have some news of you. How is the Rector's health? 266 And what pleasant travel for his benefit have you determined on? You promised to write to me, you know, and I wish to save you from the sin of neglecting that promise.
We have taken a queer little cottage in Surrey -- Brookbank, Shotter's Mill, near Haslemere -- and we shall enter on it at the beginning of May, to remain there while this house is being altered. It (the cottage) stands in the midst of a lovely country, where there are hill tops from which we shall look down on a round horizon. That is worth more to me just now than French plays and operas.
Pray offer my kind regards to the Rector, and tell him I will never again persecute him as I have twice done, on our differences about verse, though of course I believe in his perdition unless he recant. Meanwhile, I heartily wish him recovery from ailments with which I can sympathize.
Always yours affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
P. S. It is wicked, Madam, to forsake and forget your friends.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Mark Pattison, London, 23 April 1871, 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/93546