GE to Maria Lewis, 58 Griff, 6 January 1836
Title
GE to Maria Lewis, 58 Griff, 6 January 1836
Title
GE to Maria Lewis, 58 Griff, 6 January 1836
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria Lewis
Date(s)
- 1836-01-06
Place
58 GRIFF
Letter Content
GE to Maria Lewis, 58 Griff, 6 January 1836
MS: Parrish Collection, Princeton. Address: Revd L. Harper | Burton Latimer | Northamptonshire. | Miss Lewis. Postmark: COVENTRY | JA 7 | 1836. Published: B. C. Williams, George Eliot, New York, Macmillan, 1936, pp. 24-26, with a facsimile of the first page; brief extract, Cross, 1, 29-30.
Griff Wednesday | January 6. / 36.
My dear Miss Lewis,
I am grieved and ashamed that we should have appeared so unmindful of your kindly expressed desire to hear from us respecting our dear Mother's health. I will not say that our silence was altogether unavoidable, for had we borne in mind our promise we had many opportunities of forwarding a note to you previous to your departure from Nuneaton; but I trust that the entire occupation of our minds on other and painful subjects will be a sufficient plea for our seeming neglect. Since we saw you at Griff, [my] 59 dear Mother has suffered a great increase of pain, and though she has for the last few days been much relieved, we dare not hope that there will be a permanent improvement. Our anxieties on her account though so great have been since Thursday almost lost sight of in the more sudden and consequently more severe trial which we have been called to endure in the alarming illness of my dear Father. For four days we had no cessation of our anxiety, but I am thankful to say that he is now considered out of danger, though very much reduced by frequent bleeding and very powerful medicines. 60
My Mother and Sister unite with me in love to you, and my Brother 61 begs me to present his kind regards. We all hope that your health is established by change of air and scene. I need scarcely apologize for the disgraceful untidiness of my note, as you may well imagine that neither my hand nor my head is in a very favourable state for writing; but I must tell you that I am compelled to send you this paper that looks so poverty-stricken in consequence of Mr. Bucknill's 62 having drawn on my stock till it is quite exhausted.
Again begging you to accept my love and best wishes, I remain, my dear Miss Lewis
Yours very affectionately
Mary Anne Evans
We shall be glad to hear from you.
MS: Parrish Collection, Princeton. Address: Revd L. Harper | Burton Latimer | Northamptonshire. | Miss Lewis. Postmark: COVENTRY | JA 7 | 1836. Published: B. C. Williams, George Eliot, New York, Macmillan, 1936, pp. 24-26, with a facsimile of the first page; brief extract, Cross, 1, 29-30.
Griff Wednesday | January 6. / 36.
My dear Miss Lewis,
I am grieved and ashamed that we should have appeared so unmindful of your kindly expressed desire to hear from us respecting our dear Mother's health. I will not say that our silence was altogether unavoidable, for had we borne in mind our promise we had many opportunities of forwarding a note to you previous to your departure from Nuneaton; but I trust that the entire occupation of our minds on other and painful subjects will be a sufficient plea for our seeming neglect. Since we saw you at Griff, [my] 59 dear Mother has suffered a great increase of pain, and though she has for the last few days been much relieved, we dare not hope that there will be a permanent improvement. Our anxieties on her account though so great have been since Thursday almost lost sight of in the more sudden and consequently more severe trial which we have been called to endure in the alarming illness of my dear Father. For four days we had no cessation of our anxiety, but I am thankful to say that he is now considered out of danger, though very much reduced by frequent bleeding and very powerful medicines. 60
My Mother and Sister unite with me in love to you, and my Brother 61 begs me to present his kind regards. We all hope that your health is established by change of air and scene. I need scarcely apologize for the disgraceful untidiness of my note, as you may well imagine that neither my hand nor my head is in a very favourable state for writing; but I must tell you that I am compelled to send you this paper that looks so poverty-stricken in consequence of Mr. Bucknill's 62 having drawn on my stock till it is quite exhausted.
Again begging you to accept my love and best wishes, I remain, my dear Miss Lewis
Yours very affectionately
Mary Anne Evans
We shall be glad to hear from you.
Signature
Mary Anne Evans
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria Lewis, 58 Griff, 6 January 1836, 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/92867