GE to Francois D'Albert-Durade, Witley, 15 November 1880
Title
GE to Francois D'Albert-Durade, Witley, 15 November 1880
Title
GE to Francois D'Albert-Durade, Witley, 15 November 1880
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Francois D'Albert-Durade
Date(s)
- 1880-11-15
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to Francois D'Albert-Durade, Witley, 15 November 1880
MS: Harvard. Extracts published: Cross, New Edition, p. 627.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
November 15. 80.
Dear Friend
I thank you with deep feeling for sending me an account of my revered Maman's peaceful falling asleep. Blessed are the dead, who rest from the struggles of this difficult life. The pitiable are those who survive in loneliness, and I feel sorrowfully that notwithstanding the numerous friends whose respectful regard you have won, your loneliness will press on you with a weight proportioned to the devoted care which has for years sanctified your life and made you cherish it in order that you might bless another life to its close. That Maman should have retained full possession of her sweet mind through all her increasing weakness will always give perfection to your remembrance of her. There will be nothing to blot out from the sacred record.
I trust that your health will continue to bear up and that you will be able to relieve the weary days by some gentle activity such as you have been accustomed to.
I have been rather ill lately but am getting well again. Believe me, dear Friend,
Your faithfully affectionate
M. A. Cross.
My address in London is Mrs. Cross (not Evans-Cross) | 4 Cheyne Walk | Chelsea, | where we shall be by the end of this month.
MS: Harvard. Extracts published: Cross, New Edition, p. 627.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
November 15. 80.
Dear Friend
I thank you with deep feeling for sending me an account of my revered Maman's peaceful falling asleep. Blessed are the dead, who rest from the struggles of this difficult life. The pitiable are those who survive in loneliness, and I feel sorrowfully that notwithstanding the numerous friends whose respectful regard you have won, your loneliness will press on you with a weight proportioned to the devoted care which has for years sanctified your life and made you cherish it in order that you might bless another life to its close. That Maman should have retained full possession of her sweet mind through all her increasing weakness will always give perfection to your remembrance of her. There will be nothing to blot out from the sacred record.
I trust that your health will continue to bear up and that you will be able to relieve the weary days by some gentle activity such as you have been accustomed to.
I have been rather ill lately but am getting well again. Believe me, dear Friend,
Your faithfully affectionate
M. A. Cross.
My address in London is Mrs. Cross (not Evans-Cross) | 4 Cheyne Walk | Chelsea, | where we shall be by the end of this month.
Signature
M. A. Cross.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Francois D'Albert-Durade, Witley, 15 November 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/92381