GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 24 December 1862
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 24 December 1862
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 24 December 1862
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor
Date(s)
- 1862-12-24
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 24 December 1862
Text: Cross, II, 345-346.
I am very sensitive to words and looks and all signs of sympathy, so you may be sure that your kind wishes are not lost upon me.
As you will have your house full, the wish for a "Merry Christmas" may be literally fulfilled for you. We shall be quieter, with none but our family trio, but that is always a happy one. We are going to usher in the day by hearing the "Messiah" to-night at Her Majesty's.
Evening will be a pleasanter time for a little genial talk than "calling hours"; and if you will come to us without ceremony, you will hardly run the risk of not finding us. We go nowhere except to concerts.
We are longing to run away from London, but I daresay we shall not do so before March. Winter is probably yet to come, and one would not like to be caught by frost and snow away from one's own hearth.
Always believe, without my saying it, that it gladdens me to know when anything I do has value for you.
Text: Cross, II, 345-346.
I am very sensitive to words and looks and all signs of sympathy, so you may be sure that your kind wishes are not lost upon me.
As you will have your house full, the wish for a "Merry Christmas" may be literally fulfilled for you. We shall be quieter, with none but our family trio, but that is always a happy one. We are going to usher in the day by hearing the "Messiah" to-night at Her Majesty's.
Evening will be a pleasanter time for a little genial talk than "calling hours"; and if you will come to us without ceremony, you will hardly run the risk of not finding us. We go nowhere except to concerts.
We are longing to run away from London, but I daresay we shall not do so before March. Winter is probably yet to come, and one would not like to be caught by frost and snow away from one's own hearth.
Always believe, without my saying it, that it gladdens me to know when anything I do has value for you.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 24 December 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/93585