GE to Mrs. William Cross, London, 16 March [1871]
Title
GE to Mrs. William Cross, London, 16 March [1871]
Title
GE to Mrs. William Cross, London, 16 March [1871]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. William Cross
Date(s)
- 1871-03-16
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. William Cross, London, 16 March [1871]
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
North Bank | March 16.
My dear Mrs. Cross 260
You see Winter has shown his skirts again, so that we did well to take that showery spring day. 261
Your goodness is naughty in this -- that it takes too much trouble on our behalf. I have not yet left off feeling vexed that, owing to our want of definiteness in our statements to Mr. Cross, we caused you to do many things in vain.
As to the cottage, please not to impute to us any scorn of it. We are seriously entertaining the idea of inhabiting it for a time, and I feel no doubt of its delightfulness in weather that is warm without being hot. The sun and cold today have hindered Mr. Lewes from going to Edenbridge as he intended, so that it has at present the charms of the "unvisited." When he has once seen the place we may have finally to dismiss it from our minds.
Much love and gratitude to all the kind faces from
Yours ever affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
North Bank | March 16.
My dear Mrs. Cross 260
You see Winter has shown his skirts again, so that we did well to take that showery spring day. 261
Your goodness is naughty in this -- that it takes too much trouble on our behalf. I have not yet left off feeling vexed that, owing to our want of definiteness in our statements to Mr. Cross, we caused you to do many things in vain.
As to the cottage, please not to impute to us any scorn of it. We are seriously entertaining the idea of inhabiting it for a time, and I feel no doubt of its delightfulness in weather that is warm without being hot. The sun and cold today have hindered Mr. Lewes from going to Edenbridge as he intended, so that it has at present the charms of the "unvisited." When he has once seen the place we may have finally to dismiss it from our minds.
Much love and gratitude to all the kind faces from
Yours ever affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. William Cross, London, 16 March [1871], 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/93724