GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, Richmond, 30 January 1858
Title
GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, Richmond, 30 January 1858
Title
GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, Richmond, 30 January 1858
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Bessie Rayner Parkes
Date(s)
- 1858-01-30
Place
Richmond
Letter Content
GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, Richmond, 30 January 1858
MS: The Countess of Iddesleigh. Hitherto unpublished.
Park Shot | January 30. 58.
Dearest Bessie,
Pleasant to see your handwriting -- and also Barbara's! I will not tell you how painfully I had felt her long silence after she had left me saying decidedly, she would come again.
I have not been to town since I saw you, but I shall go in the course of ten days or a fortnight, and if you do not decide to come here before then, I will write and fix an hour for calling on you. About 3 o'clock, I think, is a good time for you?
I am anxious to hear about the new labours 1073 that I imagine to be indicated by the circular you have sent me, and I should be so glad if I could give help in any way -- except by writing, which is at present impossible to me, from the complete occupation of my time and faculties in a peremptory manner elsewhere.
I very often think of you -- very often speak of you. For the memory of you is very sweet to me, unclouded by the least sense of grievance, which is too apt to spring up even between mortals who love each other truly.
If you could spare me a stray copy of the "Waverley" at rare intervals, it would interest me to look at it. I hear it is improving greatly.
Ever your affectionate
Marian.
MS: The Countess of Iddesleigh. Hitherto unpublished.
Park Shot | January 30. 58.
Dearest Bessie,
Pleasant to see your handwriting -- and also Barbara's! I will not tell you how painfully I had felt her long silence after she had left me saying decidedly, she would come again.
I have not been to town since I saw you, but I shall go in the course of ten days or a fortnight, and if you do not decide to come here before then, I will write and fix an hour for calling on you. About 3 o'clock, I think, is a good time for you?
I am anxious to hear about the new labours 1073 that I imagine to be indicated by the circular you have sent me, and I should be so glad if I could give help in any way -- except by writing, which is at present impossible to me, from the complete occupation of my time and faculties in a peremptory manner elsewhere.
I very often think of you -- very often speak of you. For the memory of you is very sweet to me, unclouded by the least sense of grievance, which is too apt to spring up even between mortals who love each other truly.
If you could spare me a stray copy of the "Waverley" at rare intervals, it would interest me to look at it. I hear it is improving greatly.
Ever your affectionate
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Bessie Rayner Parkes, Richmond, 30 January 1858, 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/92069