GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, [10? May 1862]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, [10? May 1862]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, [10? May 1862]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Date(s)
- 1862-05-10
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, [10? May 1862]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: May 1862. Extracts published: Cross, II, 339.
Blandford Sq. | Saturday Evening.
My dear Cara
Thank you very heartily for your kind service in printing a contradiction of the troublesome report about the "Carlingford" business. It is likely to be copied into other papers and will help to dissipate the error. I am sorry there was the misprint of Mr. Oliphant for Mrs. -- but there are plenty who will be able to correct it for themselves.
I suppose you are a widow by this time, with only Sara as a companion. But perhaps the change of being left at home in unusual quiet may be as good for you as the change to sea air will I hope be for Mr. Bray and Nelly. Miss Marshall called yesterday and told us she was going to join them. She seems in need of some such freshening influence, for she looks paler and more delicate than usual, I think.
Our life is the old accustomed duet this month, for Charlie is gone to spend his holiday at Geneva with my good friends the d'Alberts. We are fond of having our big boy, but yet we enjoy an interval of our double solitude.
I understand that you have not been able to get any decided answer about your book 64 in its present stage. You will not I hope deny me the pleasure of knowing when it is accepted -- or in the opposite case, I should like to learn all about it, if that were permissible.
Doesn't the Spring look lovelier every year to eyes that want more and more light? You have at least the happiness of being always near the fields, though the Coventry fields are not quite comparable to those round Dorking. It was rather saddening to leave the larks and all the fresh leaves to come back to the rolling of cabs and the "blacks," but in compensation we have all our conveniences about us.
Best love to Sara. Tell her she was wise to pay her London visit before the season. Baker Street is now crowded with carriages -- almost like Cornhill. Farewell, dear Cara -- you are always among the frequently suggested thoughts of your affectionate
Marian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: May 1862. Extracts published: Cross, II, 339.
Blandford Sq. | Saturday Evening.
My dear Cara
Thank you very heartily for your kind service in printing a contradiction of the troublesome report about the "Carlingford" business. It is likely to be copied into other papers and will help to dissipate the error. I am sorry there was the misprint of Mr. Oliphant for Mrs. -- but there are plenty who will be able to correct it for themselves.
I suppose you are a widow by this time, with only Sara as a companion. But perhaps the change of being left at home in unusual quiet may be as good for you as the change to sea air will I hope be for Mr. Bray and Nelly. Miss Marshall called yesterday and told us she was going to join them. She seems in need of some such freshening influence, for she looks paler and more delicate than usual, I think.
Our life is the old accustomed duet this month, for Charlie is gone to spend his holiday at Geneva with my good friends the d'Alberts. We are fond of having our big boy, but yet we enjoy an interval of our double solitude.
I understand that you have not been able to get any decided answer about your book 64 in its present stage. You will not I hope deny me the pleasure of knowing when it is accepted -- or in the opposite case, I should like to learn all about it, if that were permissible.
Doesn't the Spring look lovelier every year to eyes that want more and more light? You have at least the happiness of being always near the fields, though the Coventry fields are not quite comparable to those round Dorking. It was rather saddening to leave the larks and all the fresh leaves to come back to the rolling of cabs and the "blacks," but in compensation we have all our conveniences about us.
Best love to Sara. Tell her she was wise to pay her London visit before the season. Baker Street is now crowded with carriages -- almost like Cornhill. Farewell, dear Cara -- you are always among the frequently suggested thoughts of your affectionate
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, [10? May 1862], 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/93241