GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 19 October 1860
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 19 October 1860
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 19 October 1860
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1860-10-19
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 19 October 1860
Text: Cross, II, 276.
There is no objection to Wednesday but this -- that it is our day for hearing a course of lectures, 650 and the lecture begins at eight. Now, since you can't come often, we want to keep you as long as we can, and we have a faint hope that Mr Congreve might be able to come from his work and dine with us and take you home. But if that were impossible, could you not stay all night? There is a bed ready for you.
Think of all that, and if you can manage to give us the longer visit, choose another day when our evening will be unbroken. I will understand by your silence that you can only come for a shorter time, and that you abide by your plan of coming on Wednesday. I am really quite hungry for the sight of you. 651
Text: Cross, II, 276.
There is no objection to Wednesday but this -- that it is our day for hearing a course of lectures, 650 and the lecture begins at eight. Now, since you can't come often, we want to keep you as long as we can, and we have a faint hope that Mr Congreve might be able to come from his work and dine with us and take you home. But if that were impossible, could you not stay all night? There is a bed ready for you.
Think of all that, and if you can manage to give us the longer visit, choose another day when our evening will be unbroken. I will understand by your silence that you can only come for a shorter time, and that you abide by your plan of coming on Wednesday. I am really quite hungry for the sight of you. 651
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 19 October 1860, 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/93631