John Walter Cross to Mrs. Edward Burne-Jones, London, 22 December 1880
Title
John Walter Cross to Mrs. Edward Burne-Jones, London, 22 December 1880
Title
John Walter Cross to Mrs. Edward Burne-Jones, London, 22 December 1880
Sender
John Walter Cross
Recipient
Mrs. Edward Burne-Jones
Date(s)
- 1880-12-22
Place
London
Letter Content
John Walter Cross to Mrs. Edward Burne-Jones, London, 22 December 1880
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Cheyne Walk, | Chelsea, S.W.
December 1880.
My dear Mrs. Burne Jones,
I must write one line to save you perhaps a greater shock of seeing the announcement in the papers. My great wife and your dear friend died tonight at 10 o'clock from failure of the powers of the heart supervening on a bad cold. Dr. Andrew Clark was here at 6 -- shortly after you called I suppose -- and he then said there was very little hope. She never recovered consciousness after the Dr's examination this evening and passed away so quietly that although I was holding her hands I was not sure when the end came. This is as she would have wished it. But the frightful suddenness has entirely stunned me. Up to this morning the Dr. thought it merely a severe attack of the larynx. I know you will excuse this hurried abrupt note, but I must write for you were one of her best loved friends. And you will know what it is to me.
Yours very truly
J. W. Cross.
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Cheyne Walk, | Chelsea, S.W.
December 1880.
My dear Mrs. Burne Jones,
I must write one line to save you perhaps a greater shock of seeing the announcement in the papers. My great wife and your dear friend died tonight at 10 o'clock from failure of the powers of the heart supervening on a bad cold. Dr. Andrew Clark was here at 6 -- shortly after you called I suppose -- and he then said there was very little hope. She never recovered consciousness after the Dr's examination this evening and passed away so quietly that although I was holding her hands I was not sure when the end came. This is as she would have wished it. But the frightful suddenness has entirely stunned me. Up to this morning the Dr. thought it merely a severe attack of the larynx. I know you will excuse this hurried abrupt note, but I must write for you were one of her best loved friends. And you will know what it is to me.
Yours very truly
J. W. Cross.
Signature
J. W. Cross.
Citation
John Walter Cross, John Walter Cross to Mrs. Edward Burne-Jones, London, 22 December 1880, 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/95509