Item Info

Accession Number: 87-1562
Physical Description: [2] pages + envelope.
Transcription:

Winterbourne, Sunday Night
                 Twenty Seventh September 1849.
My Dear Mrs. Leech.
I cannot help thinking that it would be better--and that it would be more comfortable for you--if Beard and I came and sat upon the little sofa in the sitting room until Morning.  I wish you would think with me, and say YES.  The probability is that Leech will fall into a sleep, and get infinitely better, but I don't like to think of you alone there,--and it would be an immense relief to me to be your friend at hand, as I ever am at heart.  Let me beg you to think of this again--not for any need's sake (thank God) but for your own greater ease, and ours.
                                                                                                       Ever Affectionately Yours
John waits for a word.                                                                                                      CD.                          

MssDate: Sunday Night Twenty Seventh [i.e. 23] September 1849
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Cf. Pilgrim ed.

Recipient: Leech, Ann Eaton
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. D. Jacques Benoliel, 12/6/54.

Bibliography:

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim Edition, Volume Five, 1847-1849, p. 612.

Country: Creation Place Note:Winterbourne
Country:England
City/Town/Township:Bonchurch, Isle of Wight

Creation Year: 1849
Call Number: DL L516a 1849-09-23
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author