GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Witley, 2 August 1880
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Witley, 2 August 1880
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Witley, 2 August 1880
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor
Date(s)
- 1880-08-02
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Witley, 2 August 1880
Text: Cross, III, 411-412.
How sweet of you to write me a little welcome as soon as you knew that I was at home again.
Yes, we are both well now, and glad to be at home again, though the change of climate is not of the exhilarating sort. One is so sorry for all the holiday makers, whose best enjoyment of these three days would have been in the clear air and sunshine.
Do not reproach me for not telling you of my marriage beforehand.
It is difficult to speak of what surprises ourselves, and the decision was sudden, though not the friendship which led to the decision.
My heart thoroughly responds to your remembrance of our long -- our thirty years' relation to each other. Let me tell you this once what I have said to others -- that I value you as one of the purest-minded, gentlest-hearted women I have ever known; and where such a feeling exists, friendship can live without much aid from sight.
We shall probably not be in town again till the beginning of November. Our address then will be 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, where we shall have an outlook on the river and meadows beyond. Just now we have the prospect of going on family visits to married sisters, which prevents us from feeling quite settled.
Text: Cross, III, 411-412.
How sweet of you to write me a little welcome as soon as you knew that I was at home again.
Yes, we are both well now, and glad to be at home again, though the change of climate is not of the exhilarating sort. One is so sorry for all the holiday makers, whose best enjoyment of these three days would have been in the clear air and sunshine.
Do not reproach me for not telling you of my marriage beforehand.
It is difficult to speak of what surprises ourselves, and the decision was sudden, though not the friendship which led to the decision.
My heart thoroughly responds to your remembrance of our long -- our thirty years' relation to each other. Let me tell you this once what I have said to others -- that I value you as one of the purest-minded, gentlest-hearted women I have ever known; and where such a feeling exists, friendship can live without much aid from sight.
We shall probably not be in town again till the beginning of November. Our address then will be 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, where we shall have an outlook on the river and meadows beyond. Just now we have the prospect of going on family visits to married sisters, which prevents us from feeling quite settled.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, Witley, 2 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/93603