GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, 25 April 1849]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, 25 April 1849]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, 25 April 1849]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1849-04-25
Place
[FOLESHILL]
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, 25 April 1849]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: April 25th '49. Hitherto unpublished.
Wednesday.
Dearest Sara
The sweet pictures 789 came to me when I was in bed with miserable headache and sickness, and it was not until yesterday that I could bear even to look at anything. I should have sent you word of their safe arrival and warm welcome last night, but when I had walked home with Cara I found that the letter-bag was gone. Dear Sara -- you always know what will give me the most pleasure in the world -- I thanked you with delicious happy tears -- the only tears almost that I ever shed now. I could hardly believe it was a waking fact that any one loved me well enough to speak to my heart in that sweet way. If I am thought worth putting into a coffin I should like my little pictures to go with me.
I am not at all well today so I will not try to write long or I should only write miserably. You know that Father is much worse?
Ever your
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: April 25th '49. Hitherto unpublished.
Wednesday.
Dearest Sara
The sweet pictures 789 came to me when I was in bed with miserable headache and sickness, and it was not until yesterday that I could bear even to look at anything. I should have sent you word of their safe arrival and warm welcome last night, but when I had walked home with Cara I found that the letter-bag was gone. Dear Sara -- you always know what will give me the most pleasure in the world -- I thanked you with delicious happy tears -- the only tears almost that I ever shed now. I could hardly believe it was a waking fact that any one loved me well enough to speak to my heart in that sweet way. If I am thought worth putting into a coffin I should like my little pictures to go with me.
I am not at all well today so I will not try to write long or I should only write miserably. You know that Father is much worse?
Ever your
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, 25 April 1849], 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/93816