The year which had so bright a spring brought but a sorry autumn for Miss Beale. In October 1902 she was—an unheard-of thing—obliged to leave Cheltenham for her health, and went to Bath, accompanied by Miss Berridge, for several weeks. Her sight was a special anxiety, and during this time she was not allowed to write or read. A letter from Miss Berridge to Miss Sturge gives a glimpse of the life at Bath:— ‘_October 1902._ ‘We brought with us Adam Smith’s work on the _Minor Prophets_, and also Jane Austen’s _Persuasion_. At first we stuck to the _Prophets_, but at last Jane got a hearing, and since then she has utterly ousted the _Prophets_. It has been rather amusing to note how many excellent reasons there were for giving Jane the preference. Miss Beale was—tired—or sleepy—or not very well, and could not attend to anything that required thought—or it was near lunch—or tea—or supper-time, and therefore it was not worth while, etc. etc., and I think she has really liked the story very much. Please tell Miss Alice Andrews,—it is her book, and Miss Beale at first refused to bring it, but thought _I_ might do so, as it might amuse me. The result of the experiment is that we are now going to read some of Scott’s, beginning with _The Antiquary_. Miss Beale is very much better, though of course far from being her former energetic self. But we have still more than a fortnight before us, and if she makes as much progress in that time as she has done in the fortnight just gone, we may be very well satisfied. ‘Bath is a very pretty place, but, of course, I have not seen much of it. Miss Beale is now able to take short walks; to-day she went to Milsom Street. ‘I have written such multitudes of letters that I really do not know to whom they have all been.’