Letter from Jane Welsh Carlyle to Charlotte Cushman, [September 1862]
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Title
Letter from Jane Welsh Carlyle to Charlotte Cushman, [September 1862]
Subject
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Social Events--Travels
Italy--Rome
Frustration
Relationships--Networks
Creator
Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 1801-1866
Source
LoC, CCP
Publisher
Carlyle, Jane Welsh. Jane Carlyle: Newly Selected Letters. Edited by K. J. Fielding and David R. Sorensen. Ashgate, 2004, pp. 279.
Date
1862-09-00
Type
Reference
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Text
Oh my dear dear Friend!
Was there ever the like of this? What cross purposes! What have I gone and done? Is it I who have made a huge mistake, or you who have changed your programme? It was clear in my mind, that you were not to start for Rome till the middle of October! How I came by that impression God knows; but there it was! And if it had only been there! but–I have acted upon it! thought myself safe to engage to spend a week at Dover, with a Lady whom I promised to visit in Derbyshire on my road home from Scotland; and I broke that promise, and so must keep this one! I was to have gone today, but put off till tomorrow being unwell. And now to day comes your dear letter telling me you return the very day after I shall have gone, and, far worse, that you leave for good before my 'week' is out! But that must never be! I will come back on Monday, to get one look of you–will try to come back on Saturday tho' of that I am doubtful. I will write which day I shall be back, when I see what can be managed-without ungraceness to the person concerned who is adorably kind to me, tho' a fine Lady! And you-can you–not stay in London till Wednesday and spend Tuesday with me? all day Write to me directly to the care of Miss Davenport Bromley, (Sidney Villa) Dover–one line will do. I have been too ill all this day to pack my things or do anything–so you will see why I write hastily and briefly now about midnight? I will come in the forenoon of Monday at latest and then couldn't you both come here for the evening/ God pity me, /
Your JWC
Was there ever the like of this? What cross purposes! What have I gone and done? Is it I who have made a huge mistake, or you who have changed your programme? It was clear in my mind, that you were not to start for Rome till the middle of October! How I came by that impression God knows; but there it was! And if it had only been there! but–I have acted upon it! thought myself safe to engage to spend a week at Dover, with a Lady whom I promised to visit in Derbyshire on my road home from Scotland; and I broke that promise, and so must keep this one! I was to have gone today, but put off till tomorrow being unwell. And now to day comes your dear letter telling me you return the very day after I shall have gone, and, far worse, that you leave for good before my 'week' is out! But that must never be! I will come back on Monday, to get one look of you–will try to come back on Saturday tho' of that I am doubtful. I will write which day I shall be back, when I see what can be managed-without ungraceness to the person concerned who is adorably kind to me, tho' a fine Lady! And you-can you–not stay in London till Wednesday and spend Tuesday with me? all day Write to me directly to the care of Miss Davenport Bromley, (Sidney Villa) Dover–one line will do. I have been too ill all this day to pack my things or do anything–so you will see why I write hastily and briefly now about midnight? I will come in the forenoon of Monday at latest and then couldn't you both come here for the evening/ God pity me, /
Your JWC
Location
5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London, UK
Geocode (Latitude)
51.4837173
Geocode (Longitude)
-0.169603
Location (Recipient)
London, UK
Geocode Recipient (Latitude)
51.5073219
Geocode Recipient (Longitude)
-0.1276474
Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) Specification
1862-09-XX
Secondary Texts: Comments
"At present an account of their friendship remains incomplete, though they seem to have continued to communicate, exchange gifts and call when possible. Charlotte's friends helped to keep her informed, and Sarah was to tell her promptly of Jane's death (Markus, Untried Sea 227)." (Jane Carlyle: Newly Selected Letters 265)
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Citation
Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 1801-1866, “Letter from Jane Welsh Carlyle to Charlotte Cushman, [September 1862],” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed April 27, 2024, https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/466.