GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [2 October 1864]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [2 October 1864]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [2 October 1864]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1864-10-02
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [2 October 1864]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Oc. 2. 1864. Extracts published: Cross, II, 390-391.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Sunday Morning.
Dear Sara
If I had not written too hastily and carelessly to you from Scarbro' I should have told you that I received your nice letter addressed to Benwell House, giving me hints about the things to be seen in the neighbourhood of Harrogate. A little drawback in George's health prevented us from making any expedition except the little one to Knaresbro', and after our ten days at Harrogate he thought he should like the change to Scarbro'. But we register Harrogate among the places to be revisited.
It makes me very, very happy to see George so much better, and to return with that chief satisfaction to the quiet comforts of home.
I have had a fit of Spanish history 289 lately and have been learning Spanish grammar -- the easiest of all the Romance grammars -- since we have been away. Mr. Lewes has been rubbing up his Spanish by reading Don Quixote in these weeks of idlesse, and I have read aloud and translated to him, like a good child. I find it so much easier to learn anything than to feel that I have anything worth teaching.
I hear and read with deep interest any details about Nelly, and am always grateful to you for taking the trouble to write me any.
All is perfectly well with us, now the "little Pater" is stronger, and we are especially thankful for Charlie's prospect of marriage. We could not have desired anything more suited to his character, and more likely to make his life a good. But this blessing which has befallen us only makes me feel the more acutely the cutting off of a like satisfaction from the friends I chiefly love.
Ever, dear Sara your
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Oc. 2. 1864. Extracts published: Cross, II, 390-391.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Sunday Morning.
Dear Sara
If I had not written too hastily and carelessly to you from Scarbro' I should have told you that I received your nice letter addressed to Benwell House, giving me hints about the things to be seen in the neighbourhood of Harrogate. A little drawback in George's health prevented us from making any expedition except the little one to Knaresbro', and after our ten days at Harrogate he thought he should like the change to Scarbro'. But we register Harrogate among the places to be revisited.
It makes me very, very happy to see George so much better, and to return with that chief satisfaction to the quiet comforts of home.
I have had a fit of Spanish history 289 lately and have been learning Spanish grammar -- the easiest of all the Romance grammars -- since we have been away. Mr. Lewes has been rubbing up his Spanish by reading Don Quixote in these weeks of idlesse, and I have read aloud and translated to him, like a good child. I find it so much easier to learn anything than to feel that I have anything worth teaching.
I hear and read with deep interest any details about Nelly, and am always grateful to you for taking the trouble to write me any.
All is perfectly well with us, now the "little Pater" is stronger, and we are especially thankful for Charlie's prospect of marriage. We could not have desired anything more suited to his character, and more likely to make his life a good. But this blessing which has befallen us only makes me feel the more acutely the cutting off of a like satisfaction from the friends I chiefly love.
Ever, dear Sara your
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [2 October 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/93950