GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 14 November 1863
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 14 November 1863
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 14 November 1863
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Date(s)
- 1863-11-14
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 14 November 1863
MS: Yale. Endorsed: 1863. Extract published: Cross, II, 367.
The Priory, | North Bank, | Regents Park.
November 14. 1863.
Dear Cara
At last we are in our new home, with only a few details still left to arrange. An attack of influenza made both the prospect and reality of removal rather worse to me than it would otherwise have been; but in any case such fringing away of precious life in thinking of carpets and tables is an affliction to me and seems like a nightmare from which I shall find it bliss to awake into my old world of care for things quite apart from upholstery.
Sara, I suppose is away from you, paying her visit into Derbyshire. I hope she will get much good from it. Her letters seem to imply that enjoyment comes to her only in brief snatches, chiefly through her studies and writing, and that saddens me in thinking of her. How little we can do, even for those towards whom we feel the most tenderly.
I am wondering whether the Sydenham house is let, so that you and Mr. Bray may have a serene outlook on that side. Nelly, I hope, is ceasing to cause you anxiety about her health. Any news about you, written on a scrap of paper anyhow, will be welcome to
Your affectionate
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: 1863. Extract published: Cross, II, 367.
The Priory, | North Bank, | Regents Park.
November 14. 1863.
Dear Cara
At last we are in our new home, with only a few details still left to arrange. An attack of influenza made both the prospect and reality of removal rather worse to me than it would otherwise have been; but in any case such fringing away of precious life in thinking of carpets and tables is an affliction to me and seems like a nightmare from which I shall find it bliss to awake into my old world of care for things quite apart from upholstery.
Sara, I suppose is away from you, paying her visit into Derbyshire. I hope she will get much good from it. Her letters seem to imply that enjoyment comes to her only in brief snatches, chiefly through her studies and writing, and that saddens me in thinking of her. How little we can do, even for those towards whom we feel the most tenderly.
I am wondering whether the Sydenham house is let, so that you and Mr. Bray may have a serene outlook on that side. Nelly, I hope, is ceasing to cause you anxiety about her health. Any news about you, written on a scrap of paper anyhow, will be welcome to
Your affectionate
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 14 November 1863, 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/93272