CHAPTER III

EARLY YEARS IN LONDON--THE WRITING OF _ROBERT ELSMERE_, 1881-1888

Mr. Ward takes work on _The Times_--Removal to London--The House in Russell Square--London Life and Friends--Work for John Morley--Letters--Writer's Cramp--_Miss Bretherton_--Borough Farm--Amiel's _Journal Intime_--Beginnings of _Robert Elsmere_--Long Struggle with the Writing--Its Appearance, February 24, 1888--Death of Mrs. Arnold 35-54