GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 22 December 1866
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 22 December 1866
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 22 December 1866
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1866-12-22
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 22 December 1866
Text: Cross, II, 447-448.
Just before we received Dr Congreve's letter, we had changed our plans. George's increasing weakness, and the more and more frequent intervals in which he became unable to work, made me at last urge him to give up the idea of "finishing," which often besets us vainly. It will really be better for the work as well as for himself that he should let it wait. However, I care about nothing just now except that he should be doing all he can to get better. So we start next Thursday for Bordeaux, staying two days in Paris on our way. Madame Mohl writes us word that she hears from friends of the delicious weather -- mild, sunny weather -- to be had now on the French south-western and south-eastern coast. You will all wish us well on our journey, I know. But I wish I could carry a happier thought about you than that of your being an invalid. I shall write to you when we are at Biarritz or some other place that suits us, and when I have something good to tell. No; in any case I shall write, because I shall want to hear all about you. Tell Dr Congreve we carry the [Politique] with us. Mr Lewes gets more and more impressed by it, and also by what he is able to understand of the [Synth'e8se.] 554 I am writing in the dark. Farewell. With best love to Emily, and dutiful regards to Dr Congreve.
Text: Cross, II, 447-448.
Just before we received Dr Congreve's letter, we had changed our plans. George's increasing weakness, and the more and more frequent intervals in which he became unable to work, made me at last urge him to give up the idea of "finishing," which often besets us vainly. It will really be better for the work as well as for himself that he should let it wait. However, I care about nothing just now except that he should be doing all he can to get better. So we start next Thursday for Bordeaux, staying two days in Paris on our way. Madame Mohl writes us word that she hears from friends of the delicious weather -- mild, sunny weather -- to be had now on the French south-western and south-eastern coast. You will all wish us well on our journey, I know. But I wish I could carry a happier thought about you than that of your being an invalid. I shall write to you when we are at Biarritz or some other place that suits us, and when I have something good to tell. No; in any case I shall write, because I shall want to hear all about you. Tell Dr Congreve we carry the [Politique] with us. Mr Lewes gets more and more impressed by it, and also by what he is able to understand of the [Synth'e8se.] 554 I am writing in the dark. Farewell. With best love to Emily, and dutiful regards to Dr Congreve.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 22 December 1866, 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/93636