George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 (of 3)

CHAPTER VIII.

[Sidenote: Journal, 1858.]

_Jan. 2._--George has returned this evening from a week's visit to Vernon Hill. On coming up-stairs he said, "I have some very pretty news for you--something in my pocket." I was at a loss to conjecture, and thought confusedly of possible opinions from admiring readers, when he drew the _Times_ from his pocket--to-day...