GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 6 December 1880
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 6 December 1880
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 6 December 1880
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1880-12-06
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 6 December 1880
Text: Cross, III, 435-436.
Only on Friday evening did we get into this new house, and I had deferred writing to you till I could say "Come and see me." I can say so now, but on reflection I have come to the conclusion that you would like yourself to fix a time beforehand, the journey here being rather long. Perhaps you will like to choose a day on which you could go to Emily also, her house being less formidably distant -- across the Park and down Sloane Street would be an easy way to us. This week we shall be much engaged in household matters, such as the reduction to order of the chaos which still reigns in certain places least obvious to visitors, and the procuring of small objects, either necessary or desirable. But after this week I shall be most glad if you and Dr Congreve will come to see us just as and when you would find the least inconvenience in doing so -- either at lunch-time (half-past one) or at a later hour. 502
I find myself in a new climate here -- the London air and this particular house being so warm compared with Witley. I hope that you too find the air mild, for I know that suits you best.
Text: Cross, III, 435-436.
Only on Friday evening did we get into this new house, and I had deferred writing to you till I could say "Come and see me." I can say so now, but on reflection I have come to the conclusion that you would like yourself to fix a time beforehand, the journey here being rather long. Perhaps you will like to choose a day on which you could go to Emily also, her house being less formidably distant -- across the Park and down Sloane Street would be an easy way to us. This week we shall be much engaged in household matters, such as the reduction to order of the chaos which still reigns in certain places least obvious to visitors, and the procuring of small objects, either necessary or desirable. But after this week I shall be most glad if you and Dr Congreve will come to see us just as and when you would find the least inconvenience in doing so -- either at lunch-time (half-past one) or at a later hour. 502
I find myself in a new climate here -- the London air and this particular house being so warm compared with Witley. I hope that you too find the air mild, for I know that suits you best.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 6 December 1880, 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/93659