GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 2 October 1862
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 2 October 1862
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 2 October 1862
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1862-10-02
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 2 October 1862
Text: Cross, II, 341-342.
Welcome to your letter, and welcome to the hope of seeing you again! I have an engagement on Monday from lunch till dinner. Apart from that, I know of nothing that will take us farther than for our daily walk, which, you know, begins at two. But we will alter the order of any day for the sake of seeing you. Mr Lewes's absence of a fortnight at Spa was a great success. He has been quite brilliant ever since. Ten days ago we returned from a stay of three weeks in the country -- chiefly at Littlehampton -- and we are both very well. Everything is prosperous with us; and we are so far from griefs, that if we had a wonderful emerald ring, we should perhaps be wise to throw it away as a propitiation of the envious gods. So much in immediate reply to your kind and anxiety. Everything else when we meet.
Text: Cross, II, 341-342.
Welcome to your letter, and welcome to the hope of seeing you again! I have an engagement on Monday from lunch till dinner. Apart from that, I know of nothing that will take us farther than for our daily walk, which, you know, begins at two. But we will alter the order of any day for the sake of seeing you. Mr Lewes's absence of a fortnight at Spa was a great success. He has been quite brilliant ever since. Ten days ago we returned from a stay of three weeks in the country -- chiefly at Littlehampton -- and we are both very well. Everything is prosperous with us; and we are so far from griefs, that if we had a wonderful emerald ring, we should perhaps be wise to throw it away as a propitiation of the envious gods. So much in immediate reply to your kind and anxiety. Everything else when we meet.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 2 October 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/93633