GHL to Thomas Adolphus Trollope, London, 22 November 1869
Title
GHL to Thomas Adolphus Trollope, London, 22 November 1869
Title
GHL to Thomas Adolphus Trollope, London, 22 November 1869
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Thomas Adolphus Trollope
Date(s)
- 1869-11-22
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to Thomas Adolphus Trollope, London, 22 November 1869
Text: T. A. Trollope, What I Remember, 2d ed., 2 vols., 1887, II, 322-323.
Polly and I were immensely pleased at the prospect for you. 117 She was rejoiced that you should once more be giving yourself to public affairs, which you so well understand. . . . We are but just come back from the solitudes of a farm-house in Surrey, whither I took Polly immediately after our loss, of which I suppose Anthony told you. It had shaken her seriously. She had lavished almost a mother's love on the dear boy, and suffered a mother's grief in the bereavement. He died in her arms; and for a long while it seemed as if she could never get over the pain. But now she is calm again, though very sad. But she will get to work and that will aid her.
For me, I was as fully prepared (by three or four months' conviction of its inevitableness) as one can be in such cases. It is always sudden, however foreseen. Yet the preparation was of great use; and I now have only a beautiful image living with me, and a deep thankfulness that his sufferings are at an end, since recovery was impossible.
Give my love to your wife and Bice, and believe ever in
Yours faithfully,
G. H. Lewes.
Text: T. A. Trollope, What I Remember, 2d ed., 2 vols., 1887, II, 322-323.
Polly and I were immensely pleased at the prospect for you. 117 She was rejoiced that you should once more be giving yourself to public affairs, which you so well understand. . . . We are but just come back from the solitudes of a farm-house in Surrey, whither I took Polly immediately after our loss, of which I suppose Anthony told you. It had shaken her seriously. She had lavished almost a mother's love on the dear boy, and suffered a mother's grief in the bereavement. He died in her arms; and for a long while it seemed as if she could never get over the pain. But now she is calm again, though very sad. But she will get to work and that will aid her.
For me, I was as fully prepared (by three or four months' conviction of its inevitableness) as one can be in such cases. It is always sudden, however foreseen. Yet the preparation was of great use; and I now have only a beautiful image living with me, and a deep thankfulness that his sufferings are at an end, since recovery was impossible.
Give my love to your wife and Bice, and believe ever in
Yours faithfully,
G. H. Lewes.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Thomas Adolphus Trollope, London, 22 November 1869, 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/95040