GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, Biarritz, 10 March 1867
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, Biarritz, 10 March 1867
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, Biarritz, 10 March 1867
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1867-03-10
Place
Biarritz
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, Biarritz, 10 March 1867
Text: Cross, III, 12.
At Biarritz again, you see, after our long delightful journey, in which we have made a great loop all round the east and through the centre of Spain. 596 Mr Lewes says he thinks he never enjoyed a journey so much; and you will see him so changed -- so much plumper and ruddier -- that if pity has entered much into your regard for him, he will be in danger of losing something by his bodily prosperity.
We crowned our pleasures in Spain with the sight of the pictures in the Madrid gallery. The skies were as blue at Madrid as they had been through the previous part of our journeying, but the air was bitterly cold: and naughty officials receive money for warming the museum, but find other uses for the money. I caught a severe cold the last day of our visit, and after an uncomfortable day and night's railway journey arrived at Biarritz, only fit for bed and coddling.
Text: Cross, III, 12.
At Biarritz again, you see, after our long delightful journey, in which we have made a great loop all round the east and through the centre of Spain. 596 Mr Lewes says he thinks he never enjoyed a journey so much; and you will see him so changed -- so much plumper and ruddier -- that if pity has entered much into your regard for him, he will be in danger of losing something by his bodily prosperity.
We crowned our pleasures in Spain with the sight of the pictures in the Madrid gallery. The skies were as blue at Madrid as they had been through the previous part of our journeying, but the air was bitterly cold: and naughty officials receive money for warming the museum, but find other uses for the money. I caught a severe cold the last day of our visit, and after an uncomfortable day and night's railway journey arrived at Biarritz, only fit for bed and coddling.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, Biarritz, 10 March 1867, 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/93607