But now that the trouble came, he
bore it very lightly. It was his principle, as he once prettily
expressed it, 'to enjoy each day's happiness, as it arises, like
birds or children.' His optimism, if driven out at the door, would
come in again by the window; if it found nothing but blackness in
the present, would hit upon some ground of consolation in the
future or the past. And his courage and energy were indefatigable.
In the year 1863, soon after the birth of their first son, they
moved into a cottage at Claygate near Esher; and about this time,
under manifold troubles both of money and health, I find him
writing from abroad: 'The country will give us, please God, health
and strength. I will love and cherish you more than ever, you
shall go where you wish, you shall receive whom you wish - and as
for money you shall have that too. I cannot be mistaken. I have
now measured myself with many men. I do not feel weak, I do not
feel that I shall fail. In many things I have succeeded, and I
will in this.
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