GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 17 June 1853]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 17 June 1853]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 17 June 1853]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1853-06-17
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 17 June 1853]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: June 17. 1853. Extracts published: Cross, 1, 309.
Friday Morning.
Dear Cara and Sara
Mr. Barclay 329 put an end to my pain in ten minutes by stopping my hollow tooth, and moreover consoled me by telling me that I need feel no anxiety about the state of my teeth in general. So I am radiant with benevolence, as it is so easy to be when one is perfectly comfortable. Not that I am quite that, for my cough has been worse again the last few days.
On Wednesday I dined at Sir James Clark's 330 where the Combes are staying and had a very pleasant evening -- nice Dr. Arnott 331 and Mr. Barton being the other guests. At 10 o'clock the Clarks went to the Queen's ball 332 and I had the amusement of seeing them in their court dresses.
The Combes have taken lodgings in Oxford Terrace where I mean to go, and where I hope Sara will come to stay with me some time. It is better than the Strand -- trees waving before the windows, and no noise of omnibuses.
Last Saturday evening I had quite a new pleasure. We went to see Rachel again, 333 and sat on the stage between the scenes. When the dropscene fell, we walked about and saw the green room and all the dingy, dusty paraphernalia that make up theatrical splendour. I have not yet seen the [Vashti] of Currer Bell 334 in Rachel, though there was some approach to it in Adrienne Lecouvreur.
We are going to have a party to-night to meet Mrs. Cornwallis 335 -- a lady who reads Egyptian hieroglyphs and for aught I know the arrow-headed and cuneiform characters to boot. I shall write again soon -- these few lines to thank you both for writing to me.
Your faithful
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: June 17. 1853. Extracts published: Cross, 1, 309.
Friday Morning.
Dear Cara and Sara
Mr. Barclay 329 put an end to my pain in ten minutes by stopping my hollow tooth, and moreover consoled me by telling me that I need feel no anxiety about the state of my teeth in general. So I am radiant with benevolence, as it is so easy to be when one is perfectly comfortable. Not that I am quite that, for my cough has been worse again the last few days.
On Wednesday I dined at Sir James Clark's 330 where the Combes are staying and had a very pleasant evening -- nice Dr. Arnott 331 and Mr. Barton being the other guests. At 10 o'clock the Clarks went to the Queen's ball 332 and I had the amusement of seeing them in their court dresses.
The Combes have taken lodgings in Oxford Terrace where I mean to go, and where I hope Sara will come to stay with me some time. It is better than the Strand -- trees waving before the windows, and no noise of omnibuses.
Last Saturday evening I had quite a new pleasure. We went to see Rachel again, 333 and sat on the stage between the scenes. When the dropscene fell, we walked about and saw the green room and all the dingy, dusty paraphernalia that make up theatrical splendour. I have not yet seen the [Vashti] of Currer Bell 334 in Rachel, though there was some approach to it in Adrienne Lecouvreur.
We are going to have a party to-night to meet Mrs. Cornwallis 335 -- a lady who reads Egyptian hieroglyphs and for aught I know the arrow-headed and cuneiform characters to boot. I shall write again soon -- these few lines to thank you both for writing to me.
Your faithful
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 17 June 1853], 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/93201