GE to Mrs. Thomas A. Trollope, Witley, 27 August 1878
Title
GE to Mrs. Thomas A. Trollope, Witley, 27 August 1878
Title
GE to Mrs. Thomas A. Trollope, Witley, 27 August 1878
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Thomas A. Trollope
Date(s)
- 1878-08-27
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Thomas A. Trollope, Witley, 27 August 1878
MS: Princeton.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
August 27. 78.
My dear Mrs. Trollope
Mr. Trollope's letter has been a great comfort to us this morning, clearing up painful doubts.
And O thanks for the trouble you took -- when you had the headache too -- to get me the impossible Hat! Headache makes me selfish, but in you apparently it only adds more merit to your good nature. I blame myself for not having reflected that my request might cause you to make an otherwise unnecessary loop in your journey.
The cheering effect of your visit remains in my mind, notwithstanding a further drop in my health and the barometer. We value very much that new fastening of mutual memories, and hope that we may live to have another little epoch of the same sort.
I feel sure that Tennyson was highly gratified by the sympathetic audience you made for him. I saw an expression in his face that always reminds me of a large dog laying down its ears and wagging its tail on being stroked and patted.
Perhaps Mr. Lewes is writing to Mr. Trollope and saying what he feels on his own behalf. Anyhow we are one in all friendly remembrances.
I am still "all of a tremble" 461 with my foolish, feeble agitation about this servant business, and my hand straggles at its own will. Good weather and all other possible good attend you in the rest of your journey.
Yours always affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Princeton.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
August 27. 78.
My dear Mrs. Trollope
Mr. Trollope's letter has been a great comfort to us this morning, clearing up painful doubts.
And O thanks for the trouble you took -- when you had the headache too -- to get me the impossible Hat! Headache makes me selfish, but in you apparently it only adds more merit to your good nature. I blame myself for not having reflected that my request might cause you to make an otherwise unnecessary loop in your journey.
The cheering effect of your visit remains in my mind, notwithstanding a further drop in my health and the barometer. We value very much that new fastening of mutual memories, and hope that we may live to have another little epoch of the same sort.
I feel sure that Tennyson was highly gratified by the sympathetic audience you made for him. I saw an expression in his face that always reminds me of a large dog laying down its ears and wagging its tail on being stroked and patted.
Perhaps Mr. Lewes is writing to Mr. Trollope and saying what he feels on his own behalf. Anyhow we are one in all friendly remembrances.
I am still "all of a tremble" 461 with my foolish, feeble agitation about this servant business, and my hand straggles at its own will. Good weather and all other possible good attend you in the rest of your journey.
Yours always affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Thomas A. Trollope, Witley, 27 August 1878, 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/93698