Item Info

Accession Number: 87-895
Physical Description: [2] pages
Transcription:

Bedford

Sunday Eighth March 1857

My Dear Mrs. Watson

I have had such a burst on the Downs – have been so rained upon, hailed upon, snowed upon, and blown – that I have been obliged to tumble into a warm bath, and have not got a hat to come out in, until my own is dried. I brought it back, if you can believe it, a solid cake of ice, half an inch thick.

If I do not go away too early in the Morning, I will call at your door, on the chance of saying Good bye. If I lose that chance, I will send you down The Frozen Deep on Tuesday.

If you have done with The Dead Secret, will you let the Bearer have it, as it is Mr. Collins’s copy. If you have not, don’t on any account send it. (N.B. Mr. Collins’s head being triangular with a knob in the middle, and small besides, his hat is of no use to anybody but himself).

Ever Most Faithfully Yours

My Dear Mrs. Watson

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MssDate: Sunday Eighth March 1857
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Recipient: Watson, Lavinia Jane Quin (1816-1888)
Provenance: Benoliel, Mrs. D. Jacques 11/57

Bibliography:

The British Academy Pilgrim Edition: The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Eight, 1856-1858. Graham Storey and Kathleen Tillotson, eds. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995, p. 298.

 

Country: Creation Place Note:Bedford
Country:England
City/Town/Township:London

Creation Year: 1857
Call Number: DL W335 1857-03-08
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author