GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 12 November 1868
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 12 November 1868
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 12 November 1868
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1868-11-12
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 12 November 1868
Text: Cross, III, 64-65.
We got home last night, after delicious days spent at Matlock. I was so renovated that my head was clearer, and I was more unconscious of my body, than at the best of times for many months. But it seemed suddenly colder when we were in London, and old uneasy sensations are revisiting us both to-day.
I wonder whether you will soon want to come to town, and will send me word that you will come and take shelter with us for the night? The bed is no softer and no broader; but will you not be tempted by a new carpet and a new bit of matting for your bath? -- perhaps there will even be a new fender? If you want to shop, I will take you in the brougham.
I think you will be just able to make out this note, written, by a sudden impulse, on my knee over the fire.
Text: Cross, III, 64-65.
We got home last night, after delicious days spent at Matlock. I was so renovated that my head was clearer, and I was more unconscious of my body, than at the best of times for many months. But it seemed suddenly colder when we were in London, and old uneasy sensations are revisiting us both to-day.
I wonder whether you will soon want to come to town, and will send me word that you will come and take shelter with us for the night? The bed is no softer and no broader; but will you not be tempted by a new carpet and a new bit of matting for your bath? -- perhaps there will even be a new fender? If you want to shop, I will take you in the brougham.
I think you will be just able to make out this note, written, by a sudden impulse, on my knee over the fire.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 12 November 1868, 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/93620