GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, [July 1864]
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, [July 1864]
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, [July 1864]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1864-07
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, [July 1864]
Text: Cross, II, 386.
Looking at my little mats this morning while I was dressing, I felt very grateful for them, and remembered that I had not shown my gratitude when you gave them to me. If I were a "conceited" poet, I should say your presence was the sun and the mats were the tapers; 281 but now you are away I delight in the tapers. How pretty the pattern is -- and your brain counted it out! They will never be worn quite away while I live, or my little purse for coppers either.
Text: Cross, II, 386.
Looking at my little mats this morning while I was dressing, I felt very grateful for them, and remembered that I had not shown my gratitude when you gave them to me. If I were a "conceited" poet, I should say your presence was the sun and the mats were the tapers; 281 but now you are away I delight in the tapers. How pretty the pattern is -- and your brain counted it out! They will never be worn quite away while I live, or my little purse for coppers either.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, [July 1864], 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/93613