GE to Mr. Charles Bray and Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [31 December 1852]
Title
GE to Mr. Charles Bray and Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [31 December 1852]
Title
GE to Mr. Charles Bray and Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [31 December 1852]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mr. Charles Bray and Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1852-12-31
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mr. Charles Bray and Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [31 December 1852]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Dec. 31. 1852. Extract published: Cross, I, 301.
Strand | Friday Morning.
Dear Friends
I arrived here only yesterday. I had agreed with Chrissey that, all things considered, it was wiser for me to return to town -- that I could do her no substantial good by staying another week, while I should be losing time as to other matters. Isaac, however, was very indignant to find that I had arranged to leave without consulting him and thereupon flew into a violent passion with me, winding up by saying that he desired I would never "apply to him for anything whatever" -- which, seeing that I never have done so, was almost as superfluous as if I had said I would never receive a kindness from him. But he is better than he shewed himself to me and I have no doubt that he will be kind to Chrissey, though not in a very large way. The practice is sold for £1200, and we are hoping that with the interest of that and other money Chrissey will have about £100 a year independently of brothers and sisters. I trust I shall be able to add something to it. Chrisseyis is to live in a house of my brother's which was once her own 253 -- rent free, of course. That will be a great help, and the boys will go to a free grammar school. 254 But I am crossing my note by mistake -- so you will thank me to come to an end.
Your
Marian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Dec. 31. 1852. Extract published: Cross, I, 301.
Strand | Friday Morning.
Dear Friends
I arrived here only yesterday. I had agreed with Chrissey that, all things considered, it was wiser for me to return to town -- that I could do her no substantial good by staying another week, while I should be losing time as to other matters. Isaac, however, was very indignant to find that I had arranged to leave without consulting him and thereupon flew into a violent passion with me, winding up by saying that he desired I would never "apply to him for anything whatever" -- which, seeing that I never have done so, was almost as superfluous as if I had said I would never receive a kindness from him. But he is better than he shewed himself to me and I have no doubt that he will be kind to Chrissey, though not in a very large way. The practice is sold for £1200, and we are hoping that with the interest of that and other money Chrissey will have about £100 a year independently of brothers and sisters. I trust I shall be able to add something to it. Chrisseyis is to live in a house of my brother's which was once her own 253 -- rent free, of course. That will be a great help, and the boys will go to a free grammar school. 254 But I am crossing my note by mistake -- so you will thank me to come to an end.
Your
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mr. Charles Bray and Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [31 December 1852], 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/93134