GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, Witley, 18 August 1880
Title
GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, Witley, 18 August 1880
Title
GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, Witley, 18 August 1880
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Elma Stuart
Date(s)
- 1880-08-18
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, Witley, 18 August 1880
MS: British Museum. Published: Stuart, pp. 155-156.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
August 18. 80.
Dearest Elma
I am thoroughly astonished, and can hardly believe, that I have not written to you since I came home. I wish that I could always remember to note in my Diary the letters I write each day, so that I might not take the intention to write for the fact of having written.
Yes! we got home in all prosperity on the 26th, and since then we have been staying at Sevenoaks with one of my husband's married sisters. We returned home again only last night, so that your letter has been lying for some days unopened.
I am most glad (for his sake and yours) to hear of Roly's tenderness to you. I know that this must be your chief heart-comfort. But I am somewhat disappointed that you do not give a decided report of improvement in your health. The excursion in the bath chair is all the ground you give me for a happy inference about you, poor dear.
Mr. Cross improves every day in health and strength, and he has especially benefited by the grand exercise of lawn tennis which he has been having at his brother in law's. We have two more family visits to pay, and then we shall be occupied with our house affairs.
Forgive me that I send you only a brief scribbling letter, which I am finishing as fast as I can, in order to send it to the post today instead of letting you imagine me neglectful for another 24 hours.
My best regards to the lady who is acting as your guardian angel.
Always thy faithfully affectionate
M. A. Cross.
MS: British Museum. Published: Stuart, pp. 155-156.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
August 18. 80.
Dearest Elma
I am thoroughly astonished, and can hardly believe, that I have not written to you since I came home. I wish that I could always remember to note in my Diary the letters I write each day, so that I might not take the intention to write for the fact of having written.
Yes! we got home in all prosperity on the 26th, and since then we have been staying at Sevenoaks with one of my husband's married sisters. We returned home again only last night, so that your letter has been lying for some days unopened.
I am most glad (for his sake and yours) to hear of Roly's tenderness to you. I know that this must be your chief heart-comfort. But I am somewhat disappointed that you do not give a decided report of improvement in your health. The excursion in the bath chair is all the ground you give me for a happy inference about you, poor dear.
Mr. Cross improves every day in health and strength, and he has especially benefited by the grand exercise of lawn tennis which he has been having at his brother in law's. We have two more family visits to pay, and then we shall be occupied with our house affairs.
Forgive me that I send you only a brief scribbling letter, which I am finishing as fast as I can, in order to send it to the post today instead of letting you imagine me neglectful for another 24 hours.
My best regards to the lady who is acting as your guardian angel.
Always thy faithfully affectionate
M. A. Cross.
Signature
M. A. Cross.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, Witley, 18 August 1880, 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/93429