GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, Meriden, [1 May 1850]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, Meriden, [1 May 1850]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, Meriden, [1 May 1850]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Date(s)
- 1850-05-01
Place
Meriden
Letter Content
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, Meriden, [1 May 1850]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: 1850. Extracts published: Cross, 1, 252.
Meriden 899 | Wednesday.
My dear Cara
Have you any engagement for the week after next? If not, may I join you on Saturday the 4th and invite M. D'Albert to come down on the following Monday? 900 It appears he cannot stay in England longer than until about the second week in May. I am uncomfortable at the idea of burthening even your friendship with the entertainment of a person purely for my sake. It is indeed the greatest of all the great kindnesses you have shewn me.
Write me two or three kind words, dear Cara. I have been so ill at ease ever since I have been in England that I am quite discouraged. Tell Mr. Bray to write me something at the end of yours. I hope the ribbons have been selling well -- that all things are brightening with the brightening sky. What news have you had from Clapton and from Sara?
If you see a black box of mine come from Griff will you give it house-room until I am with you? I packed up my unnecessary clothes in it.
Dear Chrissey is much kinder than any one else in the family and I am happiest with her. She is generous and sympathizing and really cares for my happiness. But I am delighted to feel that I am of no importance to any of them, and have no motive for living amongst them. I have often told you I thought Melchisedec 901 the only happy man, and I think so more than ever. Mrs. Pears I hear is come to Allesley. 902 I shall go to see her some morning when Edward drives to Allesley. Ever dear Cara
Your affectionate
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: 1850. Extracts published: Cross, 1, 252.
Meriden 899 | Wednesday.
My dear Cara
Have you any engagement for the week after next? If not, may I join you on Saturday the 4th and invite M. D'Albert to come down on the following Monday? 900 It appears he cannot stay in England longer than until about the second week in May. I am uncomfortable at the idea of burthening even your friendship with the entertainment of a person purely for my sake. It is indeed the greatest of all the great kindnesses you have shewn me.
Write me two or three kind words, dear Cara. I have been so ill at ease ever since I have been in England that I am quite discouraged. Tell Mr. Bray to write me something at the end of yours. I hope the ribbons have been selling well -- that all things are brightening with the brightening sky. What news have you had from Clapton and from Sara?
If you see a black box of mine come from Griff will you give it house-room until I am with you? I packed up my unnecessary clothes in it.
Dear Chrissey is much kinder than any one else in the family and I am happiest with her. She is generous and sympathizing and really cares for my happiness. But I am delighted to feel that I am of no importance to any of them, and have no motive for living amongst them. I have often told you I thought Melchisedec 901 the only happy man, and I think so more than ever. Mrs. Pears I hear is come to Allesley. 902 I shall go to see her some morning when Edward drives to Allesley. Ever dear Cara
Your affectionate
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, Meriden, [1 May 1850], 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/93317