GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 24 May 1852]
Title
GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 24 May 1852]
Title
GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 24 May 1852]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray
Date(s)
- 1852-05-24
Place
[London]
Letter Content
GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 24 May 1852]
MS: Yale. Extracts published: Cross, I, 281.
Monday.
Dearest Friends
I was very naughty not to write to you on Saturday, but I don't feel resigned to the punishment of hearing nothing from any of you this morning. My days have slipt away in a most mysterious fashion lately -- chiefly I suppose in long walks and long talks.
When shall you be out of hot water? I am tired of having all my friends at feud with somebody or other. The Gordon affair 95 I deeply regret -- and I must say that had you -- Mr. Bray -- been the author of the circular signed "a liberal churchman" -- his retort would have been richly deserved. You say nothing about Cara's tooth so I hope it has been quiet lately.
Our Monday evenings are dying off -- not universally regretted -- but we are expecting one or two people tonight. I have nothing to tell except that I went to the opera on Thursday and heard La Juive 96 -- and moreover fell in love with Prince Albert who was unusually animated and prominent. He has a noble, genial intelligent expression and is altogether a man to be proud of. As for the Queen, she is deplorable -- worse and worse the more one looks at her -- so utterly mean in contour and expression.
I am going next Thursday to see Grisi in Norma. 97 She is quite beautiful this season, thinner than she was and really younger looking. I know this is a stupid letter, but I will write when I am more in the vein. This is to assure you of my constant thought and love.
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Extracts published: Cross, I, 281.
Monday.
Dearest Friends
I was very naughty not to write to you on Saturday, but I don't feel resigned to the punishment of hearing nothing from any of you this morning. My days have slipt away in a most mysterious fashion lately -- chiefly I suppose in long walks and long talks.
When shall you be out of hot water? I am tired of having all my friends at feud with somebody or other. The Gordon affair 95 I deeply regret -- and I must say that had you -- Mr. Bray -- been the author of the circular signed "a liberal churchman" -- his retort would have been richly deserved. You say nothing about Cara's tooth so I hope it has been quiet lately.
Our Monday evenings are dying off -- not universally regretted -- but we are expecting one or two people tonight. I have nothing to tell except that I went to the opera on Thursday and heard La Juive 96 -- and moreover fell in love with Prince Albert who was unusually animated and prominent. He has a noble, genial intelligent expression and is altogether a man to be proud of. As for the Queen, she is deplorable -- worse and worse the more one looks at her -- so utterly mean in contour and expression.
I am going next Thursday to see Grisi in Norma. 97 She is quite beautiful this season, thinner than she was and really younger looking. I know this is a stupid letter, but I will write when I am more in the vein. This is to assure you of my constant thought and love.
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 24 May 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/93147