GE to Eleanor Cross, London, [13 April 1880]
Title
GE to Eleanor Cross, London, [13 April 1880]
Title
GE to Eleanor Cross, London, [13 April 1880]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Eleanor Cross
Date(s)
- 1880-04-13
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Eleanor Cross, London, [13 April 1880]
MS: Yale. Envelope: Miss Eleanor Cross | Weybridge Heath | Weybridge. Postmark: ST. JOHNS-WOOD | CX | AP 13 | 80 | N.W. Published: Cross, III, 387-388.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Tuesday.
Dearest Eleanor
You can hardly think how sweet the name Sister is to me, that I have not been called by for so many, many years.
Without your tenderness I do not believe it would have been possible for me to accept this wonderful renewal of my life. Nothing less than the prospect of being loved and welcomed by you all could have sustained me. But now I cherish the thought that the family life will be the richer and not the poorer through your Brother's great gift of love to me.
Yet I quail a little in facing what has to be gone through -- the hurting of many whom I care for. You are doing everything you can to help me, and I am full of gratitude to you all for his sake as well as my own. The springs of affection are reopened in me, and it will make me better to be among you -- more loving and trustful.
I valued Florence's little visit very much. You and she will come again -- will you not? -- to your
Sister.
MS: Yale. Envelope: Miss Eleanor Cross | Weybridge Heath | Weybridge. Postmark: ST. JOHNS-WOOD | CX | AP 13 | 80 | N.W. Published: Cross, III, 387-388.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Tuesday.
Dearest Eleanor
You can hardly think how sweet the name Sister is to me, that I have not been called by for so many, many years.
Without your tenderness I do not believe it would have been possible for me to accept this wonderful renewal of my life. Nothing less than the prospect of being loved and welcomed by you all could have sustained me. But now I cherish the thought that the family life will be the richer and not the poorer through your Brother's great gift of love to me.
Yet I quail a little in facing what has to be gone through -- the hurting of many whom I care for. You are doing everything you can to help me, and I am full of gratitude to you all for his sake as well as my own. The springs of affection are reopened in me, and it will make me better to be among you -- more loving and trustful.
I valued Florence's little visit very much. You and she will come again -- will you not? -- to your
Sister.
Signature
Sister.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Eleanor Cross, London, [13 April 1880], 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/92282