SD370. George Goodin Barrett (1792–1854) to Elizabeth Jane Turner
Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 1, 324 (in part).
Brighton
March 4. 1821.
I did not reply to your former letter, dearest Eliza, for the very reason that you have mentioned.
What a sad proof you have written of your being seriously indisposed—the confinement to your bed; and to me most painful, for I can not but feel that your attachment, strong and |unswaying| for me, has been to you a curse. What would I not do, to restore peace to your mind, and to bring you health! How cruel is the idea that an affection so generous, and a devotion, almost unbounded, should be the cause of misery to one so lovely and so beloved! You ask what proof you can give of my love being every thing to you? None, dearest Eliza, that I dare ask. You have bestowed upon me nearly every proof it is possible for woman to give of a sincere and faithful attachment: and the recollection of the almost unlimited influence your attachment has given me over you, will ever live in my memory, and make me regard you with sentiments of the tenderest, deepest and most unchangeable interest; My heart, beloved Eliza, is not less constant than your own.
Since the arrival of your letter I have procured leave of absence for a few days after Thursday. I shall therefore be in London early on Friday morning, and will make a point of paying my second visit to you– I hope to be once more in your dear presence a little before or after two o’clock on the above day. By that time I trust that you will have thrown aside all indispositions, and that I shall be able to congratulate you upon the recovery of your good looks. Adieu. Believe in the ever steady attachment of your G.
Write if possible by return of post to Brighton.
Address, on integral page: Miss Turner. / No 58. New Bond Street / London.
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Eton College Library.
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