New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle (Volume 2); Annotated by Thomas Carlyle and Ed. by Alexander Carlyle, with an Introduction by Sir James Crichton-Browne with Sixteen Illustrations (Paperback, Annotated edition)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: twopence to rid Nero and myself of his dangerous proximity. I continue free of cold, and able to go out of doors; but that I may be reminded "I am but a woman," I have never a day free from the sickness, nor a night of real sleep. This way of it however is much less troublesome to other people, than colds confining me to my room. Yours ever affectionately, Jane W. Carlyle. LETTER 116 To T. Carlyle, Chelsea] Addiscombe, Sunday, 7 April, 1850. All well, Dear (superficially speaking). Lady A. was out when we arrived, had been out the whole day; is "quite well" again, looking beautiful and in tearing spirits. Lord A. was here,?nobody else yesterday. He was put on reading Mill's Armand Oarrel aloud after tea, and it sent us all off to bed in the midst. This morning the first thing I heard when I rose was Miss Farrar "rising into the region of song" outside; and looking out thro' the window I saw her, without her bonnet, in active flirtation with Bingham Mildmay, who had just come. They are all gone out (Lady A. on her pony) to the Archbishop's grounds. I went a little way with them, but dropt off at the first bench on the hill. I am not worse for coming,?rather better indeed. I daresay the ride yesterday and the, what Helen used to call, "grand chapter{Section 4change" was just the best a Doctor could have prescribed for me.?There is a talk of going to Mortlake one day to visit the Taylors?" Barkis is willing." But if you come to-morrow, as I expect, what am I writing for? I wish you were at the Archbishop's now instead of wrestling with that Pamphlet; and yet, it is not in sauntering about grounds that good work gets done by any one, I fancy. It is a lovely day however, and I grudge your not having the full benefit of it as well as I. A kiss to my dear...