GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 6 April 1867
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 6 April 1867
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 6 April 1867
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Date(s)
- 1867-04-06
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 6 April 1867
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
April 6. 67.
My dear Cara
When you come to town to prepare for these much-to-be-rejoiced-in tenants, do try to spare me a day. The Noels surely are gone to Greece by this time, and must have left you more of yourself to bestow elsewhere. You know I love to see you, but I am timid in asking you to come to me, because I have not a comfortable bedroom to give you as your other friends have.
Your letter seemed cheerful as to all things except Mr. Bray's constant headaches, a trouble which one groans to think of for any mortal, still more for an old friend whose life can be thoroughly imagined, pressed upon daily by that terrible weight.
You made the prettiest picture of Sara for me, varying her intense inward life with kind activities. Please give my best love to her and tell her that my bad management of life obliges me to economize letter-writing. People who do twenty times more than I do can write volumes of correspondence, but I am obliged to resign myself to the fact that I can get very little into my days.
Don't write any answer to this letter, except in the shape of a little note when you are in town, to say you are coming to me.
Ever yours lovingly
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
April 6. 67.
My dear Cara
When you come to town to prepare for these much-to-be-rejoiced-in tenants, do try to spare me a day. The Noels surely are gone to Greece by this time, and must have left you more of yourself to bestow elsewhere. You know I love to see you, but I am timid in asking you to come to me, because I have not a comfortable bedroom to give you as your other friends have.
Your letter seemed cheerful as to all things except Mr. Bray's constant headaches, a trouble which one groans to think of for any mortal, still more for an old friend whose life can be thoroughly imagined, pressed upon daily by that terrible weight.
You made the prettiest picture of Sara for me, varying her intense inward life with kind activities. Please give my best love to her and tell her that my bad management of life obliges me to economize letter-writing. People who do twenty times more than I do can write volumes of correspondence, but I am obliged to resign myself to the fact that I can get very little into my days.
Don't write any answer to this letter, except in the shape of a little note when you are in town, to say you are coming to me.
Ever yours lovingly
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 6 April 1867, 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/93309