GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 25 December 1864
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 25 December 1864
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 25 December 1864
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1864-12-25
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 25 December 1864
Text: Cross, II, 393.
Your precious letter did come last night, and crowned the day's enjoyment. Our family party went off very well, entirely by dint of George's exertions. I wish you had seen him acting charades, and heard him make an after-supper speech. You would have understood all the self-forgetful goodness that lay under the assumption of boyish animal spirits.
A horrible German whom I have been obliged to see, has been talking for two hours, with the hardest eyes, blind to all possibilities that he was boring us, and so I have been robbed of all the time I wanted for writing to you. I can only say now that I bore you on my heart -- you and all yours known to me -- even before I had had your letter yesterday. Indeed, you are not apart from any delight I have in life: I long always that you should share it -- if not otherwise, at least by knowing of it, which to you is a sort of sharing. Our double loves and best wishes for all of you -- Rough being included, as I trust you include Ben. Are they not idlers with us? Also a title to regard as well as being collaborateurs.
Text: Cross, II, 393.
Your precious letter did come last night, and crowned the day's enjoyment. Our family party went off very well, entirely by dint of George's exertions. I wish you had seen him acting charades, and heard him make an after-supper speech. You would have understood all the self-forgetful goodness that lay under the assumption of boyish animal spirits.
A horrible German whom I have been obliged to see, has been talking for two hours, with the hardest eyes, blind to all possibilities that he was boring us, and so I have been robbed of all the time I wanted for writing to you. I can only say now that I bore you on my heart -- you and all yours known to me -- even before I had had your letter yesterday. Indeed, you are not apart from any delight I have in life: I long always that you should share it -- if not otherwise, at least by knowing of it, which to you is a sort of sharing. Our double loves and best wishes for all of you -- Rough being included, as I trust you include Ben. Are they not idlers with us? Also a title to regard as well as being collaborateurs.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 25 December 1864, 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/93641