GE to Charles Bray, Richmond, 31 March 1856
Title
GE to Charles Bray, Richmond, 31 March 1856
Title
GE to Charles Bray, Richmond, 31 March 1856
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Charles Bray
Date(s)
- 1856-03-31
Place
Richmond
Letter Content
GE to Charles Bray, Richmond, 31 March 1856
MS: Yale. Mostly published: Cross, I, 394.
Richmond | March 31. 56.
Dear Friend
My mind is more rebellious than yours, and I can't help being saddened by the idea of you and Cara being in any other home than the dear old one. 687 But I know that your cheerful courage is yet stronger in deed than in word.
Will not business or pleasure bring you to London soon, and will you not come to see us? We can give you a bed -- not a sumptuous one, but one which you will perhaps not find intolerable for a night.
I know the trip up the Thames is charming, and we should like to do it with you, but I don't think we can manage it this summer. We are going to send or take the boys 688 to school in Germany at Midsummer, and are at present uncertain about our arrangements. If we can send them, we shall go to the coast as soon as the warm weather comes and remain there for three months. But our plans are not yet crystallized.
I think the joke about the sauce and "cold shoulder" capital -- better than the famous mot "With this sauce, you might eat your grandmother."
Mr. Lewes sent kindest regards the last time I wrote, and I forgot to give them.
Ever yours faithfully
Marian.
MS: Yale. Mostly published: Cross, I, 394.
Richmond | March 31. 56.
Dear Friend
My mind is more rebellious than yours, and I can't help being saddened by the idea of you and Cara being in any other home than the dear old one. 687 But I know that your cheerful courage is yet stronger in deed than in word.
Will not business or pleasure bring you to London soon, and will you not come to see us? We can give you a bed -- not a sumptuous one, but one which you will perhaps not find intolerable for a night.
I know the trip up the Thames is charming, and we should like to do it with you, but I don't think we can manage it this summer. We are going to send or take the boys 688 to school in Germany at Midsummer, and are at present uncertain about our arrangements. If we can send them, we shall go to the coast as soon as the warm weather comes and remain there for three months. But our plans are not yet crystallized.
I think the joke about the sauce and "cold shoulder" capital -- better than the famous mot "With this sauce, you might eat your grandmother."
Mr. Lewes sent kindest regards the last time I wrote, and I forgot to give them.
Ever yours faithfully
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Charles Bray, Richmond, 31 March 1856, Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/92169