GE to John Walter Cross, London, 29 April 1878
Title
GE to John Walter Cross, London, 29 April 1878
Title
GE to John Walter Cross, London, 29 April 1878
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Walter Cross
Date(s)
- 1878-04-29
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to John Walter Cross, London, 29 April 1878
MS: Yale.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
April 29. 78.
Dearest Nephew
I had no opportunity yesterday 437 of thanking you for my transcendantly beautiful basket of flowers, which not only cheered me as a sign of your valued affection, but made our table cheerful and supplied some deficit of vivacity in the hostess.
It is a precious thought to me that you care for that part of me which will live when the [Auntship] is gone -- [Non omnis moriar] 438 is a keen hope with me. Yet I like to be loved in this faulty, frail (yet venerable) flesh.
My master insists that I shall go out to walk with him. So I have had only three minutes to scribble in.
Always your affectionate
Aunt.
MS: Yale.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
April 29. 78.
Dearest Nephew
I had no opportunity yesterday 437 of thanking you for my transcendantly beautiful basket of flowers, which not only cheered me as a sign of your valued affection, but made our table cheerful and supplied some deficit of vivacity in the hostess.
It is a precious thought to me that you care for that part of me which will live when the [Auntship] is gone -- [Non omnis moriar] 438 is a keen hope with me. Yet I like to be loved in this faulty, frail (yet venerable) flesh.
My master insists that I shall go out to walk with him. So I have had only three minutes to scribble in.
Always your affectionate
Aunt.
Signature
Aunt.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Walter Cross, London, 29 April 1878, 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/92833