GE to Mrs. Abijah Hill Pears, Foleshill, 10 May 1849
Title
GE to Mrs. Abijah Hill Pears, Foleshill, 10 May 1849
Title
GE to Mrs. Abijah Hill Pears, Foleshill, 10 May 1849
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Abijah Hill Pears
Date(s)
- 1849-05-10
Place
FOLESHILL
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Abijah Hill Pears, Foleshill, 10 May 1849
Text: Copy by Mrs. Bray, Tinker Collection, Yale. Address: Mrs. Pears | Chatsworth House | Malvern. Mostly published: Cross, I, 203-204.
Foleshill | May 10. 1849.
Dear Friend,
I know it will gladden your heart to hear that father spoke of you the other day with affection and gratitude, though he had scarcely energy to notice his own children when they came to see him. He remembers you as one who helped to strengthen that beautiful spirit of resignation which has never left him through his long trial. His mind is as clear and rational as ever notwithstanding his feebleness, and he gives me a thousand little proofs that he understands my affection and responds to it. These are very precious moments to me; my chair by father's bedside is a very blessed seat to me.
My delight in the idea that you are being benefited after all prevents me from regretting you, though you are just the friend that would complete my comfort. Every addition to your power of enjoying life is an expansion of mine. I partake of your ebb and flow. I am going to my post now. I have just snatched an interval to let you know that though you have taken away a part of yourself from me, neither you nor any one else can take the whole.
Ever your affectionate
Mary Ann.
Text: Copy by Mrs. Bray, Tinker Collection, Yale. Address: Mrs. Pears | Chatsworth House | Malvern. Mostly published: Cross, I, 203-204.
Foleshill | May 10. 1849.
Dear Friend,
I know it will gladden your heart to hear that father spoke of you the other day with affection and gratitude, though he had scarcely energy to notice his own children when they came to see him. He remembers you as one who helped to strengthen that beautiful spirit of resignation which has never left him through his long trial. His mind is as clear and rational as ever notwithstanding his feebleness, and he gives me a thousand little proofs that he understands my affection and responds to it. These are very precious moments to me; my chair by father's bedside is a very blessed seat to me.
My delight in the idea that you are being benefited after all prevents me from regretting you, though you are just the friend that would complete my comfort. Every addition to your power of enjoying life is an expansion of mine. I partake of your ebb and flow. I am going to my post now. I have just snatched an interval to let you know that though you have taken away a part of yourself from me, neither you nor any one else can take the whole.
Ever your affectionate
Mary Ann.
Signature
Mary Ann.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Abijah Hill Pears, Foleshill, 10 May 1849, 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/93187