GE to Isaac Pearson Evans, Milan, 26 May 1880
Title
GE to Isaac Pearson Evans, Milan, 26 May 1880
Title
GE to Isaac Pearson Evans, Milan, 26 May 1880
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Isaac Pearson Evans
Date(s)
- 1880-05-26
Place
Milan
Letter Content
GE to Isaac Pearson Evans, Milan, 26 May 1880
MS: Mrs. Michael Womersley. Address: I. P. Evans Esq. | Griff | Nuneaton | England. Postmark: MILANO | 26 | 5 80 | 12M | FERROVIA. Published: Cross, III, 398-399.
May 26. 1880.
My dear Brother
Your letter was forwarded to me here, and it was a great joy to me to have your kind words of sympathy, for our long silence has never broken the affection for you which began when we were little ones. My Husband too was much pleased to read your letter. I have known his family for nine 427 years, and they have received me amongst them very lovingly. He is of a most solid, well tried character and has had a great deal of experience. The only point to be regretted in our marriage is that I am much older than he, but his affection has made him choose this lot of caring for me rather than any other of the various lots open to him.
Emily Clarke has lately sent me rather a sad account of Sarah's health. I trust that it is now better, for I think it is her lungs that chiefly trouble her, and summer may act beneficently on them. Please give my love to her, and tell her that I like the assurance of her share in the good wishes you send me. I have often heard of Frederick 428 through the admiration of those who have heard him preach, and it has been a happy thought to me that you and Sarah must feel it a great comfort to have him as well as Walter 429 settled near you. Edith is the only one of your children whom I have seen since they have been grown up, and I thought her a noble-looking woman.
We are going to remain abroad until some time in July and shall then return to The Heights, Witley, Surrey. Our home in London will be 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, looking on a very picturesque bit of the river.
I hope that your own health is quite good now and that you are able to enjoy the active life which I know you are fond of.
Always your affectionate Sister
Mary Ann Cross.
MS: Mrs. Michael Womersley. Address: I. P. Evans Esq. | Griff | Nuneaton | England. Postmark: MILANO | 26 | 5 80 | 12M | FERROVIA. Published: Cross, III, 398-399.
May 26. 1880.
My dear Brother
Your letter was forwarded to me here, and it was a great joy to me to have your kind words of sympathy, for our long silence has never broken the affection for you which began when we were little ones. My Husband too was much pleased to read your letter. I have known his family for nine 427 years, and they have received me amongst them very lovingly. He is of a most solid, well tried character and has had a great deal of experience. The only point to be regretted in our marriage is that I am much older than he, but his affection has made him choose this lot of caring for me rather than any other of the various lots open to him.
Emily Clarke has lately sent me rather a sad account of Sarah's health. I trust that it is now better, for I think it is her lungs that chiefly trouble her, and summer may act beneficently on them. Please give my love to her, and tell her that I like the assurance of her share in the good wishes you send me. I have often heard of Frederick 428 through the admiration of those who have heard him preach, and it has been a happy thought to me that you and Sarah must feel it a great comfort to have him as well as Walter 429 settled near you. Edith is the only one of your children whom I have seen since they have been grown up, and I thought her a noble-looking woman.
We are going to remain abroad until some time in July and shall then return to The Heights, Witley, Surrey. Our home in London will be 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, looking on a very picturesque bit of the river.
I hope that your own health is quite good now and that you are able to enjoy the active life which I know you are fond of.
Always your affectionate Sister
Mary Ann Cross.
Signature
Mary Ann Cross.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Isaac Pearson Evans, Milan, 26 May 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/92538