GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Witley, 19 August 1879
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Witley, 19 August 1879
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Witley, 19 August 1879
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor
Date(s)
- 1879-08-19
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Witley, 19 August 1879
Text: Cross, III, 375.
Thank you for your sweet affection. I have had rather a trying illness, which lasted, without great relief, for nearly eight weeks. But I hope that I am now out of it -- that is, so far established that I may go on without a relapse. The cold weather was against me, as it was and is against much more important matters. The days of warmth and sunlight which have now and then blessed us have been my best medicine, though I acknowledge the benefit of pepsine and steel, and many other drugs. The grey skies and recurring rain are peculiarly dispiriting to me, and one seems to feel their influence all the more for the wide, beautiful view of field and hill which they sadden and half conceal. In town one thinks less of the sky.
If you are ever writing to our dear Mrs William Smith, do give my love to her, and tell her I am very grateful to her for the letter she wrote me with the post-mark Ventnor upon it. With her usual delicacy of feeling she did not send her address, so that I could not write in return.
Text: Cross, III, 375.
Thank you for your sweet affection. I have had rather a trying illness, which lasted, without great relief, for nearly eight weeks. But I hope that I am now out of it -- that is, so far established that I may go on without a relapse. The cold weather was against me, as it was and is against much more important matters. The days of warmth and sunlight which have now and then blessed us have been my best medicine, though I acknowledge the benefit of pepsine and steel, and many other drugs. The grey skies and recurring rain are peculiarly dispiriting to me, and one seems to feel their influence all the more for the wide, beautiful view of field and hill which they sadden and half conceal. In town one thinks less of the sky.
If you are ever writing to our dear Mrs William Smith, do give my love to her, and tell her I am very grateful to her for the letter she wrote me with the post-mark Ventnor upon it. With her usual delicacy of feeling she did not send her address, so that I could not write in return.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Witley, 19 August 1879, 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/93602