GE to John Walter Cross, Earlswood Common, 17 June 1874
Title
GE to John Walter Cross, Earlswood Common, 17 June 1874
Title
GE to John Walter Cross, Earlswood Common, 17 June 1874
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Walter Cross
Date(s)
- 1874-06-17
Place
Earlswood Common
Letter Content
GE to John Walter Cross, Earlswood Common, 17 June 1874
MS: Yale. Envelope: J. W. Cross Esq | Weybridge Heath | Weybridge. Postmarks: B | REDHILL | JU 17 | 74; WEYBRIDGE STATION | C | JU 17 | 74. Hitherto unpublished.
The Cottage | Earlswood Common | June 17. 74.
My dearest Nephew
Your letter has pierced me to the heart and yet I would rather suffer with you than remain in ignorance of your trouble. 108 What we both of us earnestly beg of your kindness is that you will let us know how all our dear ones, nurses as well as patients, go on. It seems a great deal to ask that you should write often, since we can do nothing but feel with you, but I cannot refrain from asking it, for ignorant thoughts about you all would make us intolerably anxious. We both shall keep you in our heart continually, and the sunshine will not be without sadness until we know that all grave cause for alarm is at an end. The dear child is sure to have a long long time of weakness after such an attack of fever, but that can be made less of an evil for one who is surrounded with tenderness.
Yours all of you, with anxious affection in which you know that your uncle is one with me,
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Yale. Envelope: J. W. Cross Esq | Weybridge Heath | Weybridge. Postmarks: B | REDHILL | JU 17 | 74; WEYBRIDGE STATION | C | JU 17 | 74. Hitherto unpublished.
The Cottage | Earlswood Common | June 17. 74.
My dearest Nephew
Your letter has pierced me to the heart and yet I would rather suffer with you than remain in ignorance of your trouble. 108 What we both of us earnestly beg of your kindness is that you will let us know how all our dear ones, nurses as well as patients, go on. It seems a great deal to ask that you should write often, since we can do nothing but feel with you, but I cannot refrain from asking it, for ignorant thoughts about you all would make us intolerably anxious. We both shall keep you in our heart continually, and the sunshine will not be without sadness until we know that all grave cause for alarm is at an end. The dear child is sure to have a long long time of weakness after such an attack of fever, but that can be made less of an evil for one who is surrounded with tenderness.
Yours all of you, with anxious affection in which you know that your uncle is one with me,
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Walter Cross, Earlswood Common, 17 June 1874, 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/92821