GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 9 January 1868
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 9 January 1868
Title
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 9 January 1868
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve
Date(s)
- 1868-01-09
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 9 January 1868
Text: Cross, III, 33-34.
There is a good genius presiding over your gifts -- they are so felicitous. You always give me something of which I have felt the want beforehand, and can use continually. It is eminently so with my pretty mittens: there was no little appendage I wanted more; and they are just as warm at the wrist as I could have wished them to be -- warming, too, as a mark of affection at a time when all cheering things are doubly welcome.
Mr Lewes came home last night, and you may imagine that I am glad. Between the bad weather, bad health, and solitude, I have been so far unlike the wicked, that I have not flourished like the green baytree. 718 To make amends, he -- Mr Lewes, not the wicked -- has had a brilliant time, gained great instruction, and seen some admirable men who have received him warmly.
I go out of doors very little, but I shall open the drawer and look at my mittens on the days when I don't put them on.
Text: Cross, III, 33-34.
There is a good genius presiding over your gifts -- they are so felicitous. You always give me something of which I have felt the want beforehand, and can use continually. It is eminently so with my pretty mittens: there was no little appendage I wanted more; and they are just as warm at the wrist as I could have wished them to be -- warming, too, as a mark of affection at a time when all cheering things are doubly welcome.
Mr Lewes came home last night, and you may imagine that I am glad. Between the bad weather, bad health, and solitude, I have been so far unlike the wicked, that I have not flourished like the green baytree. 718 To make amends, he -- Mr Lewes, not the wicked -- has had a brilliant time, gained great instruction, and seen some admirable men who have received him warmly.
I go out of doors very little, but I shall open the drawer and look at my mittens on the days when I don't put them on.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Maria [Mrs. Richard] Congreve, London, 9 January 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/93664