GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, [Foleshill, 6 March 1842]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, [Foleshill, 6 March 1842]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, [Foleshill, 6 March 1842]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Date(s)
- 1842-03-06
Place
Foleshill
Letter Content
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, [Foleshill, 6 March 1842]
MS: Yale. Extract published: Cross, I, 109-110.
My dear Friend,
I must relieve my conscience before I go to bed by entering a protest against every word or accent of discontent that I uttered this morning. 412 If I have ever complained of any person or circumstance I do penance by eating my own words. When my real self has regained its place I can shake off my troubles "like dewdrops from the lion's mane," 413 and then I feel the baseness of imputing my sorrows to others rather than to my own pitiful weakness.
I did not mean to give you an uncomfortable half hour this morning when I went to you, and I hope I shall never be guilty of inflicting such a jeremiad on any one again, least of all on you, my dearest love. But I do not write for your forgiveness -- that I know I have -- I only want to satisfy my indignation against myself.
Your affectionate
Mary Ann.
MS: Yale. Extract published: Cross, I, 109-110.
My dear Friend,
I must relieve my conscience before I go to bed by entering a protest against every word or accent of discontent that I uttered this morning. 412 If I have ever complained of any person or circumstance I do penance by eating my own words. When my real self has regained its place I can shake off my troubles "like dewdrops from the lion's mane," 413 and then I feel the baseness of imputing my sorrows to others rather than to my own pitiful weakness.
I did not mean to give you an uncomfortable half hour this morning when I went to you, and I hope I shall never be guilty of inflicting such a jeremiad on any one again, least of all on you, my dearest love. But I do not write for your forgiveness -- that I know I have -- I only want to satisfy my indignation against myself.
Your affectionate
Mary Ann.
Signature
Mary Ann.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, [Foleshill, 6 March 1842], 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/93206