GHL to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, 23 January 1877
Title
GHL to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, 23 January 1877
Title
GHL to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, 23 January 1877
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Mrs. Elma Stuart
Date(s)
- 1877-01-23
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, 23 January 1877
MS: British Museum. Published: Stuart, pp. 73-74.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
January 77.
Dear Elma
Cook sends her duty to Mr. Roland and cannot sufficiently thank him for his kind thought of her.
Elizabeth 599 ditto, and declares she "will never part with her needlebook."
Madonna ditto, with a kiss for her Eau de Cologne, which she will part with -- to her, or your, handkerchief. The violettes are still full of perfume.
G.H.L. sends his love to Mrs. Menzies whose cake has her own rare combination of sweetnesses.
But why, dear Elma, when you had pen in hand, refrain from telling us more about yourself? For example what was the history of your prot'e9g'e9 dog -- and his former master? The story deeply interested us -- with a sort of shadowy fear lest the man should turn out a bad lot after all. 600 This didn't make your and Mrs. Menzies' conduct a whit less loveable -- only in our experience weak brethren are so often vicious brethren, and one gets to repent having spent so much sympathy on them.
The sun has come at last after these weeks of rain. We have got through the bad weather wonderfully. But now the bother of the house, its alterations, and new arrangements with servants etc. are depressing.
Ever your loving
G. H. L.
MS: British Museum. Published: Stuart, pp. 73-74.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
January 77.
Dear Elma
Cook sends her duty to Mr. Roland and cannot sufficiently thank him for his kind thought of her.
Elizabeth 599 ditto, and declares she "will never part with her needlebook."
Madonna ditto, with a kiss for her Eau de Cologne, which she will part with -- to her, or your, handkerchief. The violettes are still full of perfume.
G.H.L. sends his love to Mrs. Menzies whose cake has her own rare combination of sweetnesses.
But why, dear Elma, when you had pen in hand, refrain from telling us more about yourself? For example what was the history of your prot'e9g'e9 dog -- and his former master? The story deeply interested us -- with a sort of shadowy fear lest the man should turn out a bad lot after all. 600 This didn't make your and Mrs. Menzies' conduct a whit less loveable -- only in our experience weak brethren are so often vicious brethren, and one gets to repent having spent so much sympathy on them.
The sun has come at last after these weeks of rain. We have got through the bad weather wonderfully. But now the bother of the house, its alterations, and new arrangements with servants etc. are depressing.
Ever your loving
G. H. L.
Signature
G. H. L.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, 23 January 1877, 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/94941