Item 33 - Letter from M. E. Lewes [George Eliot] to Nora Sidgwick

Writes to enquire 'whether such droppages from [her] travelling-bag and writing-case as a silver pencil-casee, two penholders...and small pair of nail scissors may be found lurking in the rooms [she and Mr Lewes] occupied.' Reports that they are getting 'quietly settled' in their country home, and refers to some delightful walks that they have had. Refers to the kindness shown to them by the Sidgwicks in Cambridge. Adds that they 'had the advantage of seeing more of Mr. Stuart as a fellow-passenger on the way to London. Refers to the pleasant weather they are experiencing, and to her view of 'a hazy line of distant hills.' Hopes that Nora has been resting well, and that the hay fever has abated.