GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 30 October 1868
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 30 October 1868
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 30 October 1868
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1868-10-30
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 30 October 1868
Text: Cross, III, 63-64.
Your pretty letter is irresistible. May we then be with you on Tuesday somewhere about twelve, and return home on Wednesday by afternoon daylight? 830 If the weather should be very cold or wet on Tuesday, we must renounce or defer our pleasure, because we are both too rickety to run the risk of taking cold. So you see we are very much in need of such sweet friendliness as yours gives us faith in, to keep us cheerful under the burthen of the flesh.
Text: Cross, III, 63-64.
Your pretty letter is irresistible. May we then be with you on Tuesday somewhere about twelve, and return home on Wednesday by afternoon daylight? 830 If the weather should be very cold or wet on Tuesday, we must renounce or defer our pleasure, because we are both too rickety to run the risk of taking cold. So you see we are very much in need of such sweet friendliness as yours gives us faith in, to keep us cheerful under the burthen of the flesh.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 30 October 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/93653