GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, London, [29 November 1853]
Title
GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, London, [29 November 1853]
Title
GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, London, [29 November 1853]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Bessie Rayner Parkes
Date(s)
- 1853-11-29
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, London, [29 November 1853]
MS: The Countess of Iddesleigh. Hitherto unpublished.
Cambridge Street | Tuesday Morning.
Dear Bessie
Bad weather 408 and a grumbling state of body are like the "whisperer" of Solomon's days, and alas! of ours too -- they "separate chief friends." 409
I went to Blandford Square on Saturday hoping to see you. Then I thought of getting to you yesterday, but found it impossible. Today there is mud and rain, and if there were not, I couldn't go out. So, in despair of seeing you, I send you my love by the Post, and ask you always to believe in it, whether you have outward demonstration or not.
I have read through your little book, 410 and have had very sweet tears in my eyes over several passages. As poetry, the "Ballad of the King's Daughter" seems to me immeasurably the best in the book. But the thoughts are everywhere what I love.
Give my kind regards to Mrs. Parkes. I hope she is quite recovered from the indisposition of Saturday.
Your loving
Marian.
MS: The Countess of Iddesleigh. Hitherto unpublished.
Cambridge Street | Tuesday Morning.
Dear Bessie
Bad weather 408 and a grumbling state of body are like the "whisperer" of Solomon's days, and alas! of ours too -- they "separate chief friends." 409
I went to Blandford Square on Saturday hoping to see you. Then I thought of getting to you yesterday, but found it impossible. Today there is mud and rain, and if there were not, I couldn't go out. So, in despair of seeing you, I send you my love by the Post, and ask you always to believe in it, whether you have outward demonstration or not.
I have read through your little book, 410 and have had very sweet tears in my eyes over several passages. As poetry, the "Ballad of the King's Daughter" seems to me immeasurably the best in the book. But the thoughts are everywhere what I love.
Give my kind regards to Mrs. Parkes. I hope she is quite recovered from the indisposition of Saturday.
Your loving
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, London, [29 November 1853], Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/92047