GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [15 November 1847]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [15 November 1847]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [15 November 1847]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1847-11-15
Place
FOLESHILL
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [15 November 1847]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Nov. 15, 1847. Hitherto unpublished.
Foleshill Monday.
Cara sposa,
The demon of procrastination has had hold of me for these three weeks, but I herewith cast him out by action, the very best exorciser. I hear of you weekly and share all your joys and sorrows as far as your letters can make me aware of them. I can only sigh and say as I did to Cara this morning, Dabit deus his quoque finem. 677 It would be a happiness to me to be with you for a day or two and talk infinitely, but alas! the drain of bullion has been so enormous with me that I am as much crippled as a Liverpool manufacturer and must not think of another journey until after Christmas.
This letter is only to tell you how sweet the genuine words of love in your letter to Cara have been to my soul. That you should really wish for me is a thought which I keep by me as a little cud to chew now and then, craving pardon for the unsavoury comparison.
I shall write again when I am inspired but today not one of the nine is with me for I am humouring a headache by thinking of nothing. Love to Mrs. Hennell.
Ever your loving
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Nov. 15, 1847. Hitherto unpublished.
Foleshill Monday.
Cara sposa,
The demon of procrastination has had hold of me for these three weeks, but I herewith cast him out by action, the very best exorciser. I hear of you weekly and share all your joys and sorrows as far as your letters can make me aware of them. I can only sigh and say as I did to Cara this morning, Dabit deus his quoque finem. 677 It would be a happiness to me to be with you for a day or two and talk infinitely, but alas! the drain of bullion has been so enormous with me that I am as much crippled as a Liverpool manufacturer and must not think of another journey until after Christmas.
This letter is only to tell you how sweet the genuine words of love in your letter to Cara have been to my soul. That you should really wish for me is a thought which I keep by me as a little cud to chew now and then, craving pardon for the unsavoury comparison.
I shall write again when I am inspired but today not one of the nine is with me for I am humouring a headache by thinking of nothing. Love to Mrs. Hennell.
Ever your loving
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [15 November 1847], 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/93896