George Eliot's life as related in her letters and journals . vious demon that droveme across the Jura. However, I am determined tosell everything I possess, except a portmanteau andcarpet-bag and the necessary contents, and be a stran-ger and a foreigner on the earth for evermore But Imust see you first; that is a yearning I still have inspite of disappointments. From Griff she went to stay with her sister, , at Meriden, whence she writes: Letter to Havc you any engagement for the week after next? Mrs. Bray, J y & o 24th April, jf j-iQt-^ ,^-j^y J jqJj^ yQy Qi^ Saturday the 4th, and
George Eliot's life as related in her letters and journals . vious demon that droveme across the Jura. However, I am determined tosell everything I possess, except a portmanteau andcarpet-bag and the necessary contents, and be a stran-ger and a foreigner on the earth for evermore But Imust see you first; that is a yearning I still have inspite of disappointments. From Griff she went to stay with her sister, , at Meriden, whence she writes: Letter to Havc you any engagement for the week after next? Mrs. Bray, J y & o 24th April, jf j-iQt-^ ,^-j^y J jqJj^ yQy Qi^ Saturday the 4th, and inviteM. dAlbert to come down on the following Monday ?It appears he cannot stay in England longer than un-til about the second week in May. I am uncomfort-able at the idea of burdening even your friendshipwith the entertainment of a person purely for my is indeed the greatest of all the great kindnessesyou have shown me. Write me two or three kindwords, dear Cara. I have been so ill at ease eversince I have been in England that I am quite dis-. 1851.] Mackays ^Progress of the IntellectT 183 couraged. Dear Chrissey is generous and sympathiz-ing, and really cares for my happiness. On the 4th of May Miss Evans went to Rosehill,and on the 7th M. dAlbert joined the party for athree days visit. The strong affection existing be-tween Mr. and Mrs. Bray and their guest, and themore congenial intellectual atmosphere surround-ing them, led Miss Evans to make her home prac-tically at Rosehill for the sixteen stayed there continuously till the i8th Novem-ber, and, among other things, wrote a review ofMackays Progress of the Intellect. In OctoberMr. Mackay and Mr. Chapman, the editor of theWestminster Revieiv^ came to stay at Rosehill, andthere was probably some talk then about her as-sisting in the editorial work of the Review, but itwas not until the following spring that any defi-nite understanding on this subject was arrived the article on Mackays Pr
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