CHAPTER VI

THE STRUGGLE WITH ILL-HEALTH--_MARCELLA_ AND _SIR GEORGE TRESSADY_--THE BUILDING OF THE PASSMORE EDWARDS SETTLEMENT, 1892-1897

Mrs. Ward much Crippled by Illness--The Writing of _Marcella_--Stocks Cottage--Reception of the Book--Quarrel with the Libraries--_The Story of Bessie Costrell_--Friends at Stocks--Letter from John Morley--_Sir George Tressady_--Letters from Mrs. Sidney Webb and Mr. Rudyard Kipling--Renewed attacks of Illness--The Building and Opening of the Passmore Edwards Settlement 104-122