GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, [10 March 1868]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, [10 March 1868]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, [10 March 1868]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Date(s)
- 1868-03-10
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, [10 March 1868]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: 1868. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Tuesday Morning.
Dear Cara
Ever since I hurried away from you, I have been tormented with vexation and anxiety -- vexation that my ignorance of ways and omnibuses had led us into such blunders, and anxiety lest you should have been thoroughly overdone by the long walk and that weary parcel, which my stupid absence of mind allowed you to carry all the way. After all my original desire that you should stay to dine with us and take a cab home would have been the less evil for you as well as the greater pleasure for us. I should be glad of a line to say that you found Thurlow Road in some reasonable time.
I think I forgot to say that we go to the coast for a little while shortly. But if at any time in future you should want to say anything to me and are uncertain of my whereabouts, a letter addressed to 21 North Bank, and noted "To be forwarded" will reach me by the care of Charlie, who acts as secretary for us during our absence. Only you should always write on thin paper and use a thin envelope.
Ever yours lovingly
M. E. L.
Please not to repeat anything I may have said to you about letters written to me or other things in the nature of plaudits.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: 1868. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Tuesday Morning.
Dear Cara
Ever since I hurried away from you, I have been tormented with vexation and anxiety -- vexation that my ignorance of ways and omnibuses had led us into such blunders, and anxiety lest you should have been thoroughly overdone by the long walk and that weary parcel, which my stupid absence of mind allowed you to carry all the way. After all my original desire that you should stay to dine with us and take a cab home would have been the less evil for you as well as the greater pleasure for us. I should be glad of a line to say that you found Thurlow Road in some reasonable time.
I think I forgot to say that we go to the coast for a little while shortly. But if at any time in future you should want to say anything to me and are uncertain of my whereabouts, a letter addressed to 21 North Bank, and noted "To be forwarded" will reach me by the care of Charlie, who acts as secretary for us during our absence. Only you should always write on thin paper and use a thin envelope.
Ever yours lovingly
M. E. L.
Please not to repeat anything I may have said to you about letters written to me or other things in the nature of plaudits.
Signature
M. E. L.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, [10 March 1868], 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/93240