GHL to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Wandsworth, [5 July 1859]
Title
GHL to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Wandsworth, [5 July 1859]
Title
GHL to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Wandsworth, [5 July 1859]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon
Date(s)
- 1859-07-05
Place
Wandsworth
Letter Content
GHL to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Wandsworth, [5 July 1859]
MS: Mr. Gordon N. Ray.
Holly Lodge, Tuesday morning.
My dear Barbara
My mother bids me bind my hair 460 -- (no not that, because I'm getting bald) Polly bids me bind myself to the desk, and write a note for her. To hear is to obey -- under penalty of a milkjug whirling in the air. --
The purport of said note is this: She wants to write to your sister to thank her for the picture; but as you don't send said picture her letter is unconscionably delayed.
Dispatch. With P's love,
Ever yours faithfully
Sir John Brute. 461
MS: Mr. Gordon N. Ray.
Holly Lodge, Tuesday morning.
My dear Barbara
My mother bids me bind my hair 460 -- (no not that, because I'm getting bald) Polly bids me bind myself to the desk, and write a note for her. To hear is to obey -- under penalty of a milkjug whirling in the air. --
The purport of said note is this: She wants to write to your sister to thank her for the picture; but as you don't send said picture her letter is unconscionably delayed.
Dispatch. With P's love,
Ever yours faithfully
Sir John Brute. 461
Signature
Sir John Brute. 461
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, Wandsworth, [5 July 1859], 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/94909